Member Since: July 4, 2006
Last Login: November 7, 2008
Birthday: March 15, 1969
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Homepage URL: www.dichroicglassmusic.com
Biography
Diagnosis
| Diagnosis: | Dx 6/21/2006, IDC, 1cm, Stage II, Grade 3, 1/3 nodes, ER-/PR+, HER2+ |
| Diagnosed: | June 21, 2006 |
| Type: | Invasive or Infiltrating Ductal Carcinoma |
| Recurrent? | No recurrence |
| Metastatic? | No |
| Stage: | Stage II |
| Lymph Nodes Removed: | 3 |
| Positive Lymph Nodes: | 1 |
| Tumor Size: | 1cm-1.9cm |
| Tumor Grade: | Grade 3 or high grade |
| Hormone Receptor Status: | Tumor has progesterone receptors but not estrogen receptors |
| HER2/neu Status: | Tumor has an excess of HER2/neu receptors or genes |
Recent Posts by k4katz
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Tests, Treatments & Side Effects + Help Me Get Through Treatment, Created: Nov 6, 2008 08:35 pm
girls early or late 30's diagnosed with breast cancerHi ladies, I was dx'd in 2006 at age 37. Been healthy all my life then BAM! Hit with the big C-stick. At the time my boys were 6 and 8. Went through excisional biopsy, re-excision, SNB, port placement, 4 rounds of AC, 12 rounds of taxol+herceptin, finished a year of herceptin, did 7 weeks of rads, and am now on tamoxifen for 5 years. I am doing well except that every ache and pain scares the hell out of me! I agree with BethNY...BC sucks at any age...we all have a lot to live for and we will keep fighting! *Hugs* Kristin www.dichroicglassmusic.com Dx 6/21/2006, IDC, 1cm, Stage II, Grade 3, 1/3 nodes, ER-/PR+, HER2+ |
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Tests, Treatments & Side Effects + Help Me Get Through Treatment, Created: Nov 6, 2008 08:19 pm
Question on finger and foot pain/tinglingI posted this question at NoSurrenderBreastCancerHelp.com, too. It has been worrying me for a couple of weeks now. I don't know if it is really something to worry about or just to chalk it up to s/e's.
www.dichroicglassmusic.com Dx 6/21/2006, IDC, 1cm, Stage II, Grade 3, 1/3 nodes, ER-/PR+, HER2+ |
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Support & Community Connections + Get Togethers, Created: Aug 13, 2008 11:57 am
PINKSTOCK 2008No reimbursement needed, Madison! (Although I appreciate the offer.) I am happy to do it for anyone who wants one, just PM me your address! They are already made, so it is no trouble to stick them in an envelope and send them out! www.dichroicglassmusic.com Dx 6/21/2006, IDC, 1cm, Stage II, Grade 3, 1/3 nodes, ER-/PR+, HER2+ |
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Support & Community Connections + Get Togethers, Created: Aug 13, 2008 07:37 am
PINKSTOCK 2008Hey all! Quickly stopping in to let you all know that I made DVDs of the 'Concert on the Hill' and I have a few extra if anyone is interested! Just PM me your snail mail address and I will get it in the mail to you ASAP! This is the first time I have used this videocamera and then tried to make a DVD out of it, and I realize now that the software I was been using is not the best. But I think it turned out fairly decent in spite of that, and it includes all the songs we did except for one (which I took out because it was a bit of a train wreck! LOL!) BMD - how many days until Pinkstock '09? LOL! *Hugs* Kristin www.dichroicglassmusic.com Dx 6/21/2006, IDC, 1cm, Stage II, Grade 3, 1/3 nodes, ER-/PR+, HER2+ |
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Connecting With Others Who Have a Similar Diagnosis + Recurrence and Metastatic Disease, Created: Aug 7, 2008 07:18 am
scans not good-changing to doxilAmy, I haven't talked with you in a while but I heard you had some new challenges on your plate and I had to come over and offer my support. I don't have any words of wisdom but I am thinking about you and pulling for you to hang in there and beat this beast back into submission! I am a fellow HER2 girl and was about the same age when dx'd as you were, so I have always felt a connection with you as a result! *Hugs* Kristin www.dichroicglassmusic.com Dx 6/21/2006, IDC, 1cm, Stage II, Grade 3, 1/3 nodes, ER-/PR+, HER2+ |
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Connecting With Others Who Have a Similar Diagnosis + Recurrence and Metastatic Disease, Created: Aug 7, 2008 06:51 am
We may have celebrated too soonDeb, I am pulling for you, chickie! And eye patches are cool...don't let anyone tell you otherwise! And they make you look tough! That cancer will be scared right outta you! Sending you big hugs. Kristin www.dichroicglassmusic.com Dx 6/21/2006, IDC, 1cm, Stage II, Grade 3, 1/3 nodes, ER-/PR+, HER2+ |
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Support & Community Connections + Get Togethers, Created: Aug 6, 2008 05:39 pm
PINKSTOCK 2008 PICSI posted this on the other Pinkstock thread before I saw this one, so sorry if it is a repeat for some of you! Here are the videos from the 'Concert on the Hill' that I posted on youtube.
Enjoy! I am going to try to post a couple more tonight! *Hugs* Kristin www.dichroicglassmusic.com Dx 6/21/2006, IDC, 1cm, Stage II, Grade 3, 1/3 nodes, ER-/PR+, HER2+ |
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Support & Community Connections + Get Togethers, Created: Aug 6, 2008 05:36 pm
PINKSTOCK 2008Barb, It was so nice to meet you too! You are a hoot! If I have anything to say about it, I will be there next year too! BMD, glad you made it home! *Hugs* Kristin www.dichroicglassmusic.com Dx 6/21/2006, IDC, 1cm, Stage II, Grade 3, 1/3 nodes, ER-/PR+, HER2+ |
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Support & Community Connections + Get Togethers, Created: Aug 6, 2008 06:57 am
PINKSTOCK 2008Hi everyone! Here are the videos from the 'Concert on the Hill' that I posted on youtube. I have never posted a video before and I am not sure how to get the it to play here, so I will just give you the links: Enjoy! I am going to try to post a couple more tonight! *Hugs* Kristin www.dichroicglassmusic.com Dx 6/21/2006, IDC, 1cm, Stage II, Grade 3, 1/3 nodes, ER-/PR+, HER2+ |
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Connecting With Others Who Have a Similar Diagnosis + HER2/neu Positive Breast Cancer, Created: Jul 5, 2008 12:20 pm
recruirence of cancer in her2 positiveHi, I am a 2 year survivor, and so far no recurrence! But because of the her2, it is on my mind every single day.
www.dichroicglassmusic.com Dx 6/21/2006, IDC, 1cm, Stage II, Grade 3, 1/3 nodes, ER-/PR+, HER2+ |
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Support & Community Connections + Get Togethers, Created: Apr 12, 2008 02:22 pm
PINKSTOCK 2008Brenda/Naniam, I am staying at Best Western as well!! So I wonder how many people we have so far? It is so exciting to think about getting to meet everyone in person! Posted this at the Hamptons but will post here as well....this is a list of some of the cover songs we were thinking of doing...of course we will do some songs from our CD as well! And we are working on 'Do You Know The Way To Ischua' (and hopefully we are pronouncing it right! LOL) Closer to Fine - Indigo Girls Hopefully lots of people know lots of these songs...I know there are a few esoteric ones (but I think you will like them also!). Not sure how long of a concert it will be, so let me know if there are any songs in there that are MUST-HAVEs and we will put them in the top of the line-up! *Hugs* Kristin www.dichroicglassmusic.com Dx 6/21/2006, IDC, 1cm, Stage II, Grade 3, 1/3 nodes, ER-/PR+, HER2+ |
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Tests, Treatments & Side Effects + Hormonal Therapy - Before, During and After, Created: Apr 11, 2008 10:38 am
Tamox induced menopause????Colleen, Sorry to hear you have had such a hard time with the tamox! I wonder if my gyn will want to test my estrogen...my onc didn't seem to feel the need but I will keep bringing it up! You bring up a good point about taking it every other day...I wonder if a lesser dose taken every day would also help with the side effects? BTW, my onc did mention that the fact that I was getting such intense hot flashes was a good thing...means my body is metabolizing the tamox in such a way that I will get benefit from it. Although, apparently NOT having hot flashes does not mean that someone is not benefitting...it is just that the hot flashes are a confirmation. *Hugs* Kristin www.dichroicglassmusic.com Dx 6/21/2006, IDC, 1cm, Stage II, Grade 3, 1/3 nodes, ER-/PR+, HER2+ |
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Tests, Treatments & Side Effects + Hormonal Therapy - Before, During and After, Created: Apr 7, 2008 01:08 pm
Tamox induced menopause????Kimber, glad to hear that you are not having unpleasant side effects! The hot flashes are enough to make me want to climb the wall sometimes. I have tried effexor and lexapro, but they both made me spacey and I couldn't continue to take them. Good luck to you!! AWB, it just figures I would be in the 25%. Seems like I have been an oddball in lots of areas on this journey...from tumor location, to pathology (HER2+/ER-/PR very slightly + ...I don't know anyone else with that combo!!) to side effects. Thanks for the info! *Hugs* Kristin www.dichroicglassmusic.com Dx 6/21/2006, IDC, 1cm, Stage II, Grade 3, 1/3 nodes, ER-/PR+, HER2+ |
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Tests, Treatments & Side Effects + Hormonal Therapy - Before, During and After, Created: Apr 4, 2008 09:55 am
Tamox induced menopause????Thanks, ladies, this discussion is really helpful for me! I have read online that tamoxifen can stop your periods even if you are pre-menopausal, and that even if that happens, you are still fertile! That is really good to know (I love my kids but I don't want any more of them! LOL) Bluesky, I am with you, I don't want them back but at the same time I just really wonder what is going on with my body! Anyway, I don't see my onc for another 5 months, but I have an OB/GYN appointment coming up soon so I will ask about it there as well. *Hugs* Kristin www.dichroicglassmusic.com Dx 6/21/2006, IDC, 1cm, Stage II, Grade 3, 1/3 nodes, ER-/PR+, HER2+ |
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Tests, Treatments & Side Effects + Hormonal Therapy - Before, During and After, Created: Apr 1, 2008 05:58 pm
Tamox induced menopause????Yes, it would be nice to know! I will ask for a blood test. I guess I don't quite believe my onc when he says that missing periods is not a side effect of tamoxifen...but maybe I am just in denial! Wouldn't be the first time HAHA. Thanks Blinx and Dazed! *Hugs* www.dichroicglassmusic.com Dx 6/21/2006, IDC, 1cm, Stage II, Grade 3, 1/3 nodes, ER-/PR+, HER2+ |
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Tests, Treatments & Side Effects + Hormonal Therapy - Before, During and After, Created: Mar 31, 2008 07:30 pm
Another side effect they don't mentionYes, this is happening for me also! Oh well, only 4 years and 7 months to go...not that I am counting... www.dichroicglassmusic.com Dx 6/21/2006, IDC, 1cm, Stage II, Grade 3, 1/3 nodes, ER-/PR+, HER2+ |
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Tests, Treatments & Side Effects + Hormonal Therapy - Before, During and After, Created: Mar 31, 2008 07:24 pm
Tamox induced menopause????Hey ladies! I have been on tamoxifen since the beginning of November 2007. I am 39 years old...was 37 at dx. I did experience chemo-pause during AC, but my period came back when I started the taxol/herceptin phase of my treatment in Jan '07 and I had regular periods all through the herceptin-only phase, which continued through Oct '07. Started tamox in November, had one more period, and that was it. My onc says maybe I may be in menopause, but that it wouldn't have been caused by the tamoxifen. Whaaaat??? I am only 39! And it seems like an awfully big coincidence that I had regular periods until I started taking tamoxifen, and then they just completely stopped (no tapering off, no irregularity, they just came to a screeching halt!!). Anyone experience this as well? *Hugs* Kristin www.dichroicglassmusic.com Dx 6/21/2006, IDC, 1cm, Stage II, Grade 3, 1/3 nodes, ER-/PR+, HER2+ |
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Recovery, Renewal, & Hope + Moving Beyond Cancer: Time to Circle the Wagons, Created: Mar 1, 2008 08:53 am
TIME TO CIRCLE THE WAGONS GIRLSDeb, sending you prayers and hugs with all my might. You have a great medical team and they will help you fight this! We are all here for you. Kristin www.dichroicglassmusic.com Dx 6/21/2006, IDC, 1cm, Stage II, Grade 3, 1/3 nodes, ER-/PR+, HER2+ |
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Recovery, Renewal, & Hope + Moving Beyond Cancer: Time to Circle the Wagons, Created: Feb 25, 2008 07:00 pm
TIME TO CIRCLE THE WAGONS GIRLSHi ladies, I don't really understand what is going on (I guess I haven't been paying close enough attention, which is my bad). It does make me worry and wonder if I have offended anyone without even realizing it...I sure hope not, but if I have, please know that it was not intended. *Hugs* to everyone Kristin www.dichroicglassmusic.com Dx 6/21/2006, IDC, 1cm, Stage II, Grade 3, 1/3 nodes, ER-/PR+, HER2+ |
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Recovery, Renewal, & Hope + Moving Beyond Cancer: Time to Circle the Wagons, Created: Feb 24, 2008 08:55 am
TIME TO CIRCLE THE WAGONS GIRLSHey everyone, stopping by to say hi! I have a few minutes before church... Yesterday took the kids to Spring Mountain to go snow tubing. I have never been tubing before (I am not much of a winter sports person...I like the beach and the WARM sun!!) but we had a great time! My 8 year old went down once but then I couldn't get him back on the tube...so DH and I took turns staying with him in the lodge. But my 10 year old kept at it for 4 hours! My arms are so SO sore today from hanging on to the tube for dear life!! LOL! Thinking of you all and hoping all is well! *Hugs* Kristin www.dichroicglassmusic.com Dx 6/21/2006, IDC, 1cm, Stage II, Grade 3, 1/3 nodes, ER-/PR+, HER2+ |
