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Laurie Kingston

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posted 09/30/2008, comments (2)

Living With Metastasis: My Story's Not Over... Keep In Touch

This year, I made it one of my personal missions to reach more women through my writing. I wanted to get the message out that more of us are living longer and living well with metastatic breast cancer. Before 2006, I didn’t even know what the word “metastatic” meant. By the end of that year, it was a word that terrified... Read more Chevron

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posted 09/23/2008, comments (3)

Any general anaesthesia newbies? (upcoming lumpectomy/SNLB

Hi-- Having lumpectomy/ SNLB under general anaesthesia on Oct. 3. Never having had surgery, quite anxious about intubation, effects of general, etc. Dx last Thursday, IDC, tumor 1.5 cm, well-differentiated, tubular, ER/PR +, HER/new - Surgeon says that in 95% of cases similar to mine, there's no node involvement. Has... Read more Chevron

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posted 09/22/2008, comments (4)

Chemo is Over....I'm back!!!!

Hello Everybody!!! It has been so very long since my last sharepost!!! I left off back in March with only one chemo to go... Seems forever ago and just yesterday! It really was tough back then. The best way I can explain it is that I didn't know how bad I felt until I started feeling better!!! And let's talk about... Read more Chevron

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posted 09/22/2008, comments (2)

After A Mets Diagnosis...One Day At A Time

I am 54, single, fun loving, marketing professional and friend to all four legged creatures. My first breast cancer diagnosis was in 6/2006. One lumpectomy, four chemo treatments and thirty radiation sessions later, I thought I had won the battle. Just when you think you've got it all figured out...three... Read more Chevron

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