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Name:
Wendy (wildspirit)

Member Since:
July 7, 2008

Location:
Idaho

Type of Cancer:
Breast Cancer

Medical Term for the Type of Cancer:
Invasive Ductal Carcinoma

Diagnosis Date:
April 7, 2008

Stage of Cancer:
Stage 1

Tumor Size:
02

Grade of Tumor:
Grade 2

ER:
Negative

PR:
Negative

Her2 Status:
No

Lymph Node Involvement:
No

Surgery:
Lymph Node Removal, Lumpectomy

Chemotherapy:
Cyclophosphamide (brand name: Cytoxan)

Cancer Symptoms:

I found a lump during a self exam.

Surgery Description, Dates & Side Effects:

Lumpectomy & Sentinel Node removal . . .April 24, 2008. Most of the pain was from the incision where they took the lymph nodes, it hurt for quite a while.

2nd Surgery . . . May 30, 2008 . . . Lumpectomy Re-do . . . the margins from my first lumpectomy were very small, so they needed to take more tissue. Because I don’t have a lot of tissue to take, he had to take extra skin from my breast and some muscle from my chest wall. The worst part about this surgery was the burning I would feel from the muscle behind my breast.

Radiation Description, Dates & Side Effects:

I don’t start radiation until after I’m done with chemo.

Chemotherapy Description, Dates & Side Effects:

I started Chemo on June 19, 2008 and as of today 7/7/08 I have only had 1 treatment. My second treatment is this week on Wednesday, July 9, 2008. I will have 6 chemo treatments, 3 weeks apart.
The worst side effect I had was from the Nulasta shot I had the day after chemo. The bone and body aches really kicked my butt. I was fortunate and did not experience any nausea.

On day 14 I started loosing my hair. It was coming out by the handfuls!! By day 16 I couldn’t stand it anymore so I buzzed it all off.

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Cowboy

Cowboy is a 10 year old Mustang that I adopted when he was about 2 1/2 years old. We have a very special bond and like my other horse Spooky, Cowboy has been a great source of therapy over the years.

Posted on July 14, 2008 at 11:18:04 AM by Wendy ( Link to this comment.

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What a beautiful horse.

Posted on July 15, 2008 at 4:36:16 AM by joyce

Joyce,
Again, thank you. I’m a little partial, but I do think he’s a very handsome boy!!
Wendy

Posted on July 15, 2008 at 4:52:59 AM by wildspirit

Dear Wendy; Strikingly beautiful creature. Looks like he is saying something special. Off topic a little; just to let you know, when doing your calendar, it doesn’t come in one email as a calendar spreak sheet. It arrives as a separate email for each date. I got 7 emails and that’s ok but I get a lot of email daily anway. Just thought I would mention it in case you weren’t aware of how it works. Weezie

Posted on July 15, 2008 at 7:53:31 AM by weezie

Dear Wendy; I just realized that I get double emails from you and also from others. Not sure why that happens. Sorry for the confusion. Weezie

Posted on July 15, 2008 at 7:55:54 AM by weezie

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