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Lolo

finished treatment and moving on and hopefully helping others

posted 01/29/2008, comments (12)

just starting

I was diagnosed in the end of November 2007; had mastectomy (left) on Dec. 5 2007; first chemo treatment on Jan. 14th. So far so good. Tolerating it well - blood counts are good. Appetite is more than good (ugh) seem to be hungry more often than not! Hair I think is starting to come out - few at a time. Is a... Read more Chevron

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Doug Haberstroh

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posted 01/28/2008, comments (0)

Keri's Metastatic Breast Cancer Story: "Keri Has Two Weeks"

My name is Doug Haberstroh, and we are reaching the end of the story of my wife Keri. For those of you who aren't familiar with our breast cancer story, at age 25, Keri was diagnosed with breast cancer. We had only been married for a few months. After several courses of treatment, Keri's cancer was diagnosed as metastatic. Treatments... Read more Chevron

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posted 01/25/2008, comments (8)

First Chemo Session.

Well, i did it. Went through the first of my 6 Chemo sessions. Can anyone tell me if it gets worse than this? Five days after the treatments, i got so sick. I had every one of the symptoms and now, day 12, i only feel slightly better. There are moments when i just can't move unless it is to stagger to the bathroom... Read more Chevron

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KayeD

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posted 01/22/2008, comments (9)

A Positive Attitude Helps!

Hi, I'm Kaye and at the age of 48 and after having my yearly mammorgram last year, on July 3, I was diagnosed with Stage 2B breast cancer. The Fourth of July will never be the same holiday it once was for me. I went on a friend's sailboat to watch the fireworks over Lake Michigan and couldn't stop thinking how cheated I... Read more Chevron

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koponen

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posted 01/18/2008, comments (12)

Got a Little Cocky!!

Hi Everybody,Sitting in infusion for my 5th round of Taxol (all ready had the 4 rounds AC). Got just a little cocky and paid the price. The Taxol just seemed so much easier to bear than the Adriamycin and Cytoxin that "Dr. Koponen" decided to stop taking the nausea medicine (don't like taking meds if I don't need to). Well... Read more Chevron

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