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Chemo is almost over – 1 to go!

by koponen
Friday, February 29 2008

Hi Everybody,I'm sitting in infusion getting my second to last chemo!!!! Only one more to go!!! Talk about exciting!!!In 10 days I will be done!!! One more left!!! Yippee!! In 10 days, my hair will start to grow, I won't be tired all the time, I will be able to feel my fingers again, I won't be tired all the time, I won't be... Read more Chevron

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Neuropathy and other news!

by koponen
Friday, February 15 2008

Hi Everybody!!I feel like time is just flying by! Coming in every Friday for chemo does seem to make it go faster. I remember back when this all started thinking six months was a lifetime! Six months of chemo - a year of herceptin...wow, that will take forever! Well, after today, I only have 3 more chemo (Taxol) infusions to go!! I will still have... Read more Chevron

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The Sister Study

by koponen
Tuesday, January 22 2008

Hi Guys,Thought I'd spread the word on a new study I heard about from my sister. My sister, Kathy, is the best. She took the news of my cancer pretty hard but has totally been there for me. She did tons of research on her own so that she would understand what I was going through. We went through a bad scare a couple of weeks ago when... Read more Chevron

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Got a Little Cocky!!

by koponen
Friday, January 18 2008

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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