Rosie's Cancer Journey
Just another adventure…
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Currently finishing my first infusion treatment. Getting educated on chemo medicine, and sitting here waiting while the stuff gets put into me – Docetaxel, Carboplatin, Trastuzumab, and Pertuzumab. I had a hypersensitive reaction to the Docetaxel. They were watching out for it. I guess it is pretty common. I suddenly got a headache and throbbing…
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My MRI results came back. There is no evidence of metastatic disease in the liver. Everything else looked good! This means it is local and has not spread beyond my left breast and lymph nodes near there. Thank you for your prayers, good thoughts and wishes. They worked and we felt the love! Thank you…
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I have the MRI of my liver scheduled for tomorrow afternoon. I have also learned that I don’t need a port to start chemo. They can use an IV. Chemo starts Monday, November 3. I am looking into cooling caps to help me keep my hair. I am also looking into nutrition and foods that…
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The Radiologist must not work on Fridays or had yesterday off. When I got my PET scan on Thursday morning, I vaguely remember someone saying to me that if I didn’t get those results on Thursday, it would probably be on Monday (and I got those results right away). We are now waiting until Monday…
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On Monday, October 6, when I woke up that morning, I felt a lump. It was a weird and unusual lump in my left breast. I had Jeff feel it and he agreed that it was weird. I only felt it because of how I was laying. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have known. I immediately called…