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Name:
Melissa Ball (mbling34)

Member Since:
May 13, 2008

Location:
Glenford, Ohio

Birthday:
34

Type of Cancer:
Breast Cancer

Medical Term for the Type of Cancer:
ductal carcinoma

Diagnosis Date:
7/05

Stage of Cancer:
Stage 3

Tumor Size:
04

Grade of Tumor:
Grade 2

ER:
Positive

PR:
Positive

Her2 Status:
Yes

Lymph Node Involvement:
Yes

Surgery:
Lymph Node Removal, Mastectomy

Chemotherapy:
Taxol (chemical name: paclitaxel), Cyclophosphamide (brand name: Cytoxan), Adriamycin (chemical name: doxorubicin)

Hormone Therapy:
Tamoxifen

Immune Therapy:
Herceptin

Profile:
Cancer Survivor

What I Hate Most About Cancer:
robs the energy from your body

What I Have Learned From Cancer:
no matter what happens each day is a gift from God

Things My Supporters Can Do To Help:
pray for strength

Cancer Symptoms:

I felt a lump in the shower and I was concerned and had it checked out. Turns out
it was positive for breast cancer

Surgery Description, Dates & Side Effects:

Mastectomy on right 8/05
gamma knife on right brain tumor 11/07
removal of right brain tumor 4/28/08

Radiation Description, Dates & Side Effects:

6 months of radiation to the right chest wall

extreme fatigue 1/05-4/05

Chemotherapy Description, Dates & Side Effects:

10/05-08/06 adriamyacin, very weak

Hormone Therapy Description, Dates & Side Effects:

herceptin 11/05-08/04/06 no noted side effects

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