I’ve been traveling the road of Living with Cancer for almost 6 years and for 3 1/2 of those years Xeloda kept me stable. It is a wonderful drug that is taken by mouth not IV so the chemo lab is not in the picture.
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For years I have disliked holidays because it’s like you’re being forced to be happy and enjoy! Well you know sometimes I am not happy and I can’t enjoy
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Having been on Xeloda for more than 6 months and doing fairly well I just received a report from my dermotologist that a bump she removed from my back tested Breast Cancer. This is not a great surprise for me because that is indeed the way I discovered my reoccurence on my skin. 5 1/2
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Last night I had the privilege of being at my son Rick’s Dig Pink volleyball event held at the school where he coaches. It was fabulous and beautifully orchestrated. Most everyone bought a Dig Pink shirt so the bleachers were filled with pink. The event spirited the teams and they played forcefully and it was
ALERT! October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and our Dig Pink Rally has already begun. After a visit to Congress, October 13th is delegated to be a special day for Metastatic Breast Cancer. Unfortunately, that is my diagnosis and gratefully after five years, I am still very much alive and hopeful. Metastatic Breast Cancer is
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Since my last entry I’ve been doing well on my Xeloda treatment. The dreaded hand and foot syndrome is annoying and hard to control but I am familiar with it so I just cream myself and hope for the best. Stomach problems occur at the end of the pill regimen and that is hard to
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Last night I watched “So You Think You Can Dance” on Channel 5. It’s my favorite program on TV. Loving dancing the way I do it is inspirational in general to watch these wonderful dancers challenge their creativity every week. It’s just amazing. Last night they had a dance choreographed to tell the story of
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We live on a lovely home where the backyard is all day lilies of every conceivable color. It’s so amazing that you can’t believe it unless you see it. This is one of the things in my life that gives me courage to continue to fight my disease. We also have a horse foal who
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Sorry I haven’t blogged for a while but I’ve been kinda coasting while I’m on Xeloda, my present drug, because I feel almost normal on this miracle drug. D-Day (decision day) is about to occur since I am seeing my doctor next week. If Xeloda is working I will definitely stay on it for as
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