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Vital Info

Name:
Sandy (granny10)

Member Since:
January 13, 2009

Location:
Virginia

Birthday:
Aug.1939

Profile:
Cancer Survivor

Cancer Info

Type of Cancer:
Breast Cancer

Diagnosis Date:
September 17, 2012

Tumor Size:
04

Lymph Node Involvement:
Yes

Surgery:
Lymph Node Removal, Lumpectomy

Radiation:
Radiation Therapy

Chemotherapy:
Taxol (Paclitaxel)

Hormone Therapy:
Tamoxifen

What I Hate Most About Cancer:
EVERYTHING !!!

What I Have Learned From Cancer:
Life is short.....Laugh as much as you can.

Things My Supporters Can Do To Help:
Be there.

Cancer Drugs Positives & Negatives:
Jury is still out ????

Breast Cancer Symptoms:

I found a lump in my left breast, had mastitis for years & had no insurance, so let it go. But it got too big. Went to doctor.

Surgery Description, Dates & Side Effects:

Went to surg.first & in 1 week I came out of surgery. Quickest thing I have ever heard of.
Fla. Drs. don’t waste time.

Radiation or Proton Therapy Description, Dates & Side Effects:

39 treatments…
Half of Chemo was done first.
“all” side effects possible…but not as bad as chemo.

Chemotherapy Description, Dates & Side Effects:

6 months…. 3 at first…. then 3 more after radiation..most side effects there are

couldn’t eat,sick,cried,tired, you name it….lost my hair, then lost it the 2nd time too,3 months later

Hormone Therapy Description, Dates & Side Effects:

Took tamoxifen for 14 months only… Then went out on my own. I tried Vitamins,
SOY…

Fundraising Description:

Just went broke!!

Stats

Posts: 41

Photos: 0

Events: 0

My Supporters: 47

I Support: 74

Comments: 405

Sandy's Profile Page

Cancer Symptoms

I found a lump in my left breast, had mastitis for years & had no insurance, so let it go. But it got too big. Went to doctor.

Surgery Description, Dates & Side Effects

Went to surg.first & in 1 week I came out of surgery. Quickest thing I have ever heard of.
Fla. Drs. don’t waste time.

Radiation or Proton Therapy Description, Dates & Side Effects

39 treatments…
Half of Chemo was done first.
“all” side effects possible…but not as bad as chemo.

Chemotherapy Description, Dates & Side Effects

6 months…. 3 at first…. then 3 more after radiation..most side effects there arecouldn’t eat,sick,cried,tired, you name it….lost my hair, then lost it the 2nd time too,3 months later

Hormone Therapy Description, Dates & Side Effects

Took tamoxifen for 14 months only… Then went out on my own. I tried Vitamins,
SOY…

Fundraising Description

Just went broke!!

Comments:

It was good to see your message to me when I got home today. This week was extra hard…scans, yuck! then chemo Yuck! then missed my flight and had to stay an extra night YUCK! Got home this afternoon and am not feeling well. Think I may have an infection from my daily shots in my stomach…just don’t know. Sitting here with a heating pad and it is feeling better. Planning on being a complete sloth this weekend.

THanks for your thoughts and prayers,,,they mean a lot to me sweetheart!
T

Posted on March 26, 2010 at 8:36:14 PM by Tmay

Hey Sandy….is this personal bio page comment thingy working again? Testing….
Hope you havent frozen up on that Mountain.
T

Posted on November 11, 2009 at 4:20:04 PM by Tmay

Hi Sandy,

Thanks for your advice and kind words. I like your idea of thinking smaller…in hours. Everyones response was so nice. I’m usually not so down but I think it was a long week. I am very thankful for everyday. This cancer life has brought us closer together. It was comforting to read your cheerful email. I felt bad after I wrote it but it was nice that no one judged me. I will take your advice “life is short laugh a lot” :-) I’m praying you are feeling well. Tammy

Posted on October 24, 2009 at 9:27:04 PM by Tammy

Southern Granny,
Maybe you should read my posts…None of those words I wrote had any of those things you read into them. TMay is someone who sports my sense of humor…which is what got me though my cancer and will get her through hers. We all suffer. We all cry. We all hope. We all dream. But, though all of those things I had an attitude laced with a sense of humor…So does TMay. She understands my language and spits it right back to me. We are past letting words touch our souls when our bodies scream for mercy. I have not read your posts either,but I will. You can learn alot about a person by the way they write their words…You either cry with them or encourage them and sometimes you find someone who thinks and writes like you…with those you know your limits…I hope you are doing well and am looking forward to reading your posts.