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About Me:: I am 40 years old and I was diagnosed with infiltrating ductal carcinoma in my right breast on March 3, 2008. My surgery was on May 14. I was scheduled for a lumpectomy and sentinel node biopsy. Because the sentinel node came back positive for cancer, I underwent a 2/3 lymph node dissection in my right axilla and had to spend the night in the hospital.

The pathology report showed no cancer in the lymph nodes and that the surgical margins are clear. The tumor measured 2.5 cm, and is staged as a T2, N1 tumor, Stage 2B.

I have just begun a 24-week course of chemotherapy. This consists of weekly infusions of Adriamycin and oral Cytoxan for 12 weeks and then Abraxane for 12 weeks. I will start 6 weeks of daily radiation therapy most likely in January 2009.

My t-shirt can be found at Chucklenut Shirts.com

Where do you live? (city, state, country): Tacoma WA USA

Your Zip Code?: 98408

Relationship Status:: Single

Favorite Quote:: You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you. ~Brian Tracey

Favorite Book:: (current) A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle

Your Website or Blog:: http://lunaselena.blogspot.com/

What's your personal mission statement?: Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same. ~Francesca Reigler

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At 12:31pm on November 17, 2008, DOLORES - BRAZIL said…: Hey Luna!!! Where did you get this t-shirt??
Can I buy it online?? I'm from Brazil and I'll try to sell it here and give donations to the Cancer Hospital.
Thank you!!!
Dolores

At 11:54pm on July 15, 2008, granola said…: P.S. You should join Crazy Sexy Animal Lovers and post the Henri video. It just brought a huge smile to my face!

At 11:53pm on July 15, 2008, granola said…: Luna,
Love your name! And love your Henri video. My cousin was just diagnosed with the same cancer--I mean just as in 2 weeks ago. I hope to see her this weekend and get more info. Rock on Luna!

At 11:50pm on July 15, 2008, DP said…: It sounds like you are in good hands............

I will watch for your progress and cheer you on...

DP

At 11:28pm on July 15, 2008, DP said…: Hi Luna,

I am VERY new to this site and was just looking around and found your profile. You look and sound like a kindred spirit.

I wish you all good blessings during chemo.

It is NONE of my business but I hope you have Dr. Senecal ( in Tacoma )........he is fabulous.

Either way...........keep the faith. There IS life after Breast Cancer and it is worth fighting for.

Your sister in Breast Cancer.

DP

At 12:50pm on July 14, 2008, marla said…: hi luna,
thank you for joining the breast cancer group. i hope you are doing well - i did a/c, but not oral cytoxan - what's the difference??
stay strong.
marla

At 10:05am on July 12, 2008, Tammy Garrett said…: Thanks Luna. I am a really forgiving person and because we have the young children I do see him everyday and we are doing family things together (live mini golf today), and he is my best friend. I told him last night that although I should be mad, I can't be anymore. It is not healthy for me and is not who I am. I do however hate the woman who he left me for. Where is the sisterhood nowadays and who sleeps with a married man with two young kids and a wife with cancer??? When he moved in with her he didn't even take off his wedding ring, I had to tell him to. Where is her selfworth????

Anyway...enough of the ranting. Thanks for the website address. Oh, the baby is awake so I must fly.

Tammy

At 1:30am on July 12, 2008, Tammy Garrett said…: Luna,

Good luck with the treatments. Stay positive, and where the heck did you get that awsome shirt? I need one of those!

Tammy

At 1:33pm on July 11, 2008, Jennifer C said…: My niece who is a Nurse, sent this to me:

I'll never forget the look in my patients' eyes when I had to tell them they had to go home with the drains, new exercises and no breast. I remember begging the Doctors to keep these women in the hospital longer, only to hear that they would, but their hands were tied by the insurance companies. So there I sat with my patients, giving them the instructions they needed to take care of themselves, knowing full well they didn't grasp half of what I was saying, because the glazed, hopeless, frightened look spoke louder than the quiet 'Thank You' they muttered. A mastectomy is when a woman's breast is removed in order to remove cancerous breast cells/tissue. If you know anyone who has had a Mastectomy, you may know that there is a lot of discomfort and pain afterwards. Insurance companies are trying to make mastectomies an outpatient proc edure. Let's give women the chance to recover properly in the hospital for 2 days after surgery.

It takes 2 seconds to do this and is very important. Please take the time and do it! Please send this to everyone in your address book. If there was ever a time when our voices and choices should be heard, this is one of those times.

If you're receiving this, it's because I think you will take the 30 seconds to vote on this issue and send it on to others you know who will do the same. There's a bill called the Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act which will require insurance companies to cover a minimum 48-hour hospital stay for patients undergoing a mastectomy. It's about eliminating the 'drive-through' Mastectomy where women are forced to go home just a few hours after surgery, against the wishes of their doctor, still groggy from anesthesia and sometimes with drainage tubes still attached.

Lifetime Television has put this bill on their Web page with a petition drive to show support. Last year over half the House signed on.

PLEASE!! Sign the petition by clicking on the web site below. You need not give more than your name, state, and zip code.

http://www.mylifetime.com/community/my-lifetime-commitment/breast-cancer/petition/breast-cancer-petition

At 10:41am on July 9, 2008, ALZ said…: Hey Luna-Thanks for the digestive enzyme tip. That one looks like the best option so far. Apreciate your suggestion!