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Name:
Nancy Grace D (nancygraced)

Member Since:
September 20, 2007

Location:
Saint Louis, Missouri

Birthday:
October 14, 1960

Profile:
Cancer Survivor

Cancer Info

Type of Cancer:
Breast Cancer

Medical Term for the Type of Cancer:
invasive ductal carcinoma

Diagnosis Date:
August 9, 2007

Stage of Cancer:
Stage 1

Tumor Size:
02

Grade of Tumor:
Grade 3

ER:
Positive

Her2 Status:
No

Lymph Node Involvement:
No

Surgery:
Lymph Node Removal, Lumpectomy

Radiation:
yes

Chemotherapy:
Epirubicin, Fluorouracil, Cyclophosphamide (brand name: Cytoxan)

What I Hate Most About Cancer:
Besides the fact that it sucks?

What I Have Learned From Cancer:
Some things in life are just not that important.

Things My Supporters Can Do To Help:
Go get your damn mammogram!

Cancer Symptoms:
Tenderness in right breast. Lump in right breast.

Surgery Description, Dates & Side Effects:
Core needle biopsy on August 7, 2007.
Pathology report confirmed cancer August 9, 2007.
Sentinel node biopsy and lumpectomy August 17, 2007.
1.9cm tumor removed with clean edges.
No lymph node involvement.

Radiation Description, Dates & Side Effects:

Has to wait until after chemtherapy but will undergo 33 treatments.

Chemotherapy Description, Dates & Side Effects:
Blood work and chest xray September 11, 2007
Bone scan September 17, 2007
Port installed in right chest area September 18, 2007.
MUGA scan September 19, 2007
First Chemo treatment September 20, 2007
Neulasta shot September 21, 2007
Headaches and blurred vision
Hospitalized September 25, 2007
Found blood clot in the jugular vein
Started on lovenox and warfarin
Hair fell out in huge clumps 2nd week after first chemo
Second Chemo treatment October 11, 2007
Tiredness, constipation, nausea
Changed nausea prescriptions twice
Third Chemo treatment November 1, 2007
Potassium too low-put on prescription supplement
Nose bleeds and bruising from warfarin, not chemo
2nd MUGA scan scheduled for November 26,2007
4th Chemo scheduled for November 29th

Fundraising Description:

Did you know the Emend pills prescribed for nausea are $110.00 EACH??? Yikes!

nancygraced's Cancer Blog

November 8, 2007

Pathology Report...it's all about ME!!!

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Thank goodness the surgeon decyphers it for you. What a bunch of gobbledygook! I came out with clean edges. You’re welcome for that. As I said, I hadn’t made it to your lumph nodes yet, so those are marked NO PATHOLOGIC DIAGNOSIS….that means cancer free.

I’d grown to 1.9 centimeters, just under the cut for Stage 2 so you’re still Stage 1. You are HER2 negative, that’s something to do with growth hormones and ESTROGEN postive, that’s supposedly good too. However, the HIGH GRADE ranking isn’t good news for you. It means I just might have sent a few cells out to other places and now you have to do something about that….CHEMOTHERAPY! Oh, and another surgery, just for fun…

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