Betsy's Journey with Breast Cancer
- 1 Oh No Icon Oh No
- 2 Decision Point Icon Decision Point
- 3 Drug or Chemo Therapy Icon Drug or Chemo Therapy
- 4 Procedure or Surgery Icon Procedure or Surgery
- 5 Radiation Icon Radiation
- 6 Clinical Trial Icon Clinical Trial
- 7 Oh No Icon Oh No
- 8 Drug or Chemo Therapy Icon Drug or Chemo Therapy
- 9 Drug or Chemo Therapy Icon Drug or Chemo Therapy
- 10 Drug or Chemo Therapy Icon Drug or Chemo Therapy
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Patient: Breast Cancer
Patient Info: Living with cancer as a chronic illness (undergoing adjuvant therapy), Diagnosed: over 10 years ago, Female, Age: 60, Stage IV, HER2 Positive: No, ER Positive: Yes, PR Positive: Don't Know
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Betsy
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Experience with
Breast Cancer
over 9 years agoDiagnosed
Oh No
I was so scared! Nothing seemed in my control.
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Betsy
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Experience with
Breast Cancer
over 9 years agoWhat hospital and doctors to use, there are many notable ones in my area
Decision Point
I asked around and started going to one hospital with a pretty respectable doctor, but I became unhappy with his style. I felt like he wasn't as knowledgable as his reputation lead me to believe. So I made the decision to get a second opinion.
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Betsy
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Experience with
Breast Cancer
almost 5 years agoChemotherapy
Drug or Chemo Therapy
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Betsy
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Experience with
Breast Cancer
almost 5 years agoDouble Mastectomy
Procedure or Surgery
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Betsy
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Experience with
Breast Cancer
almost 5 years agoExternal radiation
Radiation
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Betsy
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Experience with
Breast Cancer
over 9 years agoI did a study where I possibly was taking a cancer drug.
Clinical Trial
I was taking either a placebo or a cancer drug that had been already approved for lymphoma, but not yet approved for breast cancer. It was mostly recordkeeping. I enjoyed that part, it made me feel like I was giving back to society alittle.
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Betsy
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Experience with
Breast Cancer
about 5 years agoCancer has spread/Metastasized
Oh No
through routine follow ups CT scan shows mets to liver and lung
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Betsy
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Experience with
Breast Cancer
about 5 years agoIbrance
Drug or Chemo Therapy
Ibrance- made my hand feel like it was on fire. Had to sleep with my hand in a bowl of ice.
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Betsy
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Experience with
Breast Cancer
almost 5 years agoDepression medicine
Drug or Chemo Therapy
I needed a anti-depressant! Now taking Cymbalta, it's made a giant help in my outlook
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Betsy
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Experience with
Breast Cancer
almost 5 years agoHormone therapy
Drug or Chemo Therapy
Now taking Kisqali-just a pill 3 weeks a month, makes me sick to my stomach, itch, makes my hair real thin, I expect to lose it. My blood counts have been pretty good so far, I am in cycle 4 and will be tested in September to see how it affects the cancers.
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Betsy
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Experience with
Breast Cancer
over 9 years agoFaslodex and Kisqali-Hormone Therapy
Drug or Chemo Therapy
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