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Jean
Monday, November 05 2007
I'm always on the lookout for promising new drugs. Especially drugs that address my one particular fear: Recurrence. Here's good news I got today from the Mayo Clinic. A drug called "2ME2 could benefit patients because this single drug essentially combines the effects of chemotherapy (which destroys cancer cells) and... Read more
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Jean
Wednesday, September 12 2007
This is what I face whenever I need to sit and wait for my turn to see the doctor: the universal chart used to determine a patient's level of pain. Faces that have all, at one time or another, mirrored my own, in the course of life and my cancer experience. I have used the chart to assess not only my symptoms of late, but also my emotional... Read more
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Jean
Thursday, September 06 2007
It's the treacherous nature of cancer that it silenced Pavarotti before the world was ready to let him go at the age of 71. One of the best lessons I learned in my own cancer journey is that cancer does not choose. It does not know who you are and what you've done and how good you've been to your pet and fellowmen. It does not care... Read more
by
Jean
Wednesday, September 05 2007
I was diagnosed with Stage IIb breast cancer with 2 positive nodes last year and went through the whole nine yards of mastectomy, chemotherapy, radiation and now Herceptin. Since then, I've been an avid lurker in breast cancer sites, posting comments anonymously from time to time, always as a guest, never a member.I guess I wanted to believe... Read more