Aug 28, 2021 04:56PM
illimae
wrote:
Just to clarify a few things, I do not feel picked on at all and I have been very upset by several people who bitched about wearing a mask last year or worse went without masking or distancing as an act of overconfidence or civil disobedience.
I’ve gone through a lot to stay alive since cancer and if a vaccine becomes available that does not contain PEG or Polysorbate 80, I would absolutely consider it but for now I will minimize the risk to myself and others the best way I can.
Yes, I am incredibly lucky to have not lost anyone to covid and for those that have, I am sorry and I totally get when the passion or anger comes from. With regard to pre existing conditions, I intended no blame at all, I just wonder about the data being reported and the difference between dying with covid vs from covid.
Finally, the mountain is real and I can’t wait, 2020 for me was recovering from brain surgery, 8 months of starvation due to partial vocal cord paralysis (from the brain surgery) and some cancer progression, covid was the turd on top, I am due for a break and this is it.

Diagnosed at 41 Stage IV De Novo
Dx
11/16/2016, IDC, Left, 5cm, Stage IV, metastasized to bone, Grade 3, 3/13 nodes, ER+/PR-, HER2+
Targeted Therapy
1/1/2017 Perjeta (pertuzumab)
Chemotherapy
1/2/2017 Abraxane (albumin-bound or nab-paclitaxel)
Targeted Therapy
1/2/2017 Herceptin (trastuzumab)
Surgery
6/26/2017 Lumpectomy; Lumpectomy (Left); Lymph node removal
Radiation Therapy
8/10/2017 Breast, Lymph nodes
Dx
10/5/2017, IDC, Left, 5cm, Stage IV, metastasized to brain, Grade 3, 3/13 nodes, ER+, HER2+
Radiation Therapy
10/19/2017 External
Local Metastases
10/19/2017 Brain
Radiation Therapy
4/18/2018 External
Local Metastases
4/18/2018 Brain
Radiation Therapy
5/23/2019 External
Local Metastases
5/23/2019 Brain
Surgery
1/22/2020
Radiation Therapy
2/16/2020 External
Local Metastases
2/16/2020 Brain
Radiation Therapy
7/20/2020 External
Local Metastases
7/20/2020 Radiation therapy: Bone
Radiation Therapy
12/4/2020 External
Local Metastases
12/4/2020 Brain
Targeted Therapy
Tukysa (tucatinib)
Chemotherapy
Xeloda (capecitabine)
Hormonal Therapy
Tamoxifen pills (Nolvadex, Apo-Tamox, Tamofen, Tamone)