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Name:
tzalley (tzalley)

Member Since:
May 30, 2008

Location:
Everett, Washington

Birthday:
February 1959

Type of Cancer:
Breast Cancer

Medical Term for the Type of Cancer:
IDC & DCIS

Diagnosis Date:
July 2004

Stage of Cancer:
Stage 1

Grade of Tumor:
Grade 2

ER:
Positive

PR:
Positive

Her2 Status:
Yes

Lymph Node Involvement:
No

Surgery:
Lymph Node Removal, Re-excision Surgery, Lumpectomy

Hormone Therapy:
Tamoxifen

Profile:
Cancer Survivor

What I Hate Most About Cancer:
The little voice way in the back of your mind that says what if its back?

What I Have Learned From Cancer:
I need to learn to live in the moment.........I'm still learning

Things My Supporters Can Do To Help:
Listen, and just 'be' with me

Cancer Symptoms:

None, found on routine mammogram

Surgery Description, Dates & Side Effects:

Lumpectomy,with sentinal node biopsey followed by re-excession to obtain clear margins. Lymph node excession was the most painful.

Radiation Description, Dates & Side Effects:

5 days a week for 7 weeks. Severe radiation burns, unable to wear undergarments for at least a month.

Hormone Therapy Description, Dates & Side Effects:

Tamoxifen for 18 months then switched to Arimidex for 18 months, I can’t tolerate the joint pain, muscle pain and fatigue anymore so now I am back on Toxifen as of last week. Vaginal dryness, now on e-string.

tzalley's Cancer Blog

May 30, 2008

What's the deal? Views: 239

What I can’t figure out is why now, almost four years after diagnosis, am, I more anxious about a recurrance than I was two years ago? My friends at work say its because of all the stress at work with our new boss, who relys too much on me. That my stress thresshold is at the max and that’s why doing the oncology follow-ups are getting harder instead of easier. I have at a minimum 6 oncology related visits a year between my medical, and radiation oncologists and mammogram and breast MRI.

Sometimes I worry about my JOB! Seems like I am always asking for time off. Deb suggested filing FMLA paperwork and then they can’t say a thing. But…........I really don’t want to go that route.

Hey, have any of you stopped taking Arimidex because of joint pain and have the pain go away?

Posted on May 30, 2008 at 8:14:56 PM by tzalley ( Link to this post.

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I know how it is. Some days I just cruise along with no worries and other days I am totally freaked out.

Posted on May 31, 2008 at 1:13:08 PM by jill

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