I AM 64 YEARS OLD.   I JUST LOST MY HUSBAND OF 41 YEARS.  HE DIED ON 12/13/2007 AFTER BOWEL SURGERY DUE TO COMPLICATIONS FROM DIVERTICULITIS.  HE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL 6 WEEKS BEFORE HE PASSED AWAY.  I THOUGHT GOING THROUGH BREAST CANCER IN 2006 WAS TRAUMATIC BUT NOT NEARLY AS TRAUMATIC AS WATCHING MY HUSBAND DIE.

I HAVE THREE  GROWN CHILDREN AND  6 GRANDCHILDREN.

I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH INVASIVE DUCTAL CARCINOMA ON MARCH 23, 2006. I HAD A MASTECTOMY ON MAY 1, 2006 ALONG WITH IMPLANT OF A TISSUE EXPANDER. I HAD A PORT IN JUNE AND STARTED CHEMO ON JULY 5, 2006. THE CHEMO OF ADRIAMYCIN CYTOXAN WAS FOUR DOSES EVERY THREE WEEKS. I FINISHED CHEMO ON SEPT. 7TH. 2006 AND A MONTH LATER DID A 5k WALK FOR BREAST CANCER. I HAD THE EXPANDER OUT ON NOV. 26TH. AND A REGULAR SALINE IMPLANT PUT IN AS WELL AS AUGMENTATION OF THE OTHER BREAST.

I TRIED TAKING ARIMIDEX AND HAD TO STOP DUE TO THE EXTREME MENTAL STATE IT PUT ME IN.  I FELT LIKE I WAS GETTING ALZHEIMERS.  I THEN TRIED FEMARA WHICH GAVE ME SEVER JOINT AND MUSCLE PAIN.  I AM GOING TO TRY AROMASIN BUT HAVE HELD OFF UNTIL AFTER MY HUSBAND'S FUNERAL.  MY YEARLY MAMMO WAS DONE RECENTLY ON THE RIGHT BREAST AND ALL IS WELL.