I'm Done!!
Good Evening Ladies! Just sitting here, typing away on what is to be the night before my last Herceptin treatment tomorrow and marvelling at the fact that I have finally reached what seemed to be an...
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Thanks so much Ladies for all of your encouragement and kind thoughts. Must admit to feeling a bit overwhelmed today..elated, emotional, tearful and just generally deranged. But mostly good!! Yes, body and soul have been through the wringer but I've discovered myself to now be a far more emotionally expressive person and you know what, I sort of like it. And I hug people all of the time and was never like this before. The hugs back are very nice and I think definitely helped to get me through.
To HIT, my oncologist was keen for me to have Perjeta. It had to be paid for privately and with my loss of job etc, I didn't have the money so my amazing sister offered to foot the bill (around $10,000). Incredible! He says it makes a difference in some cases (around 20%) but can't predict which ones. However, my pathology results post surgery were very good (complete pathological response in tumour and nodes) and he thought it may well have been the Perjeta that achieved this though I also give some credit to the exercise I did throughout chemo, particularly on treatment days.
Off for a bit of a jog now before my last Herceptin.
Bring on City 2Sea.
Will stay in touch. xx
To HIT, my oncologist was keen for me to have Perjeta. It had to be paid for privately and with my loss of job etc, I didn't have the money so my amazing sister offered to foot the bill (around $10,000). Incredible! He says it makes a difference in some cases (around 20%) but can't predict which ones. However, my pathology results post surgery were very good (complete pathological response in tumour and nodes) and he thought it may well have been the Perjeta that achieved this though I also give some credit to the exercise I did throughout chemo, particularly on treatment days.
Off for a bit of a jog now before my last Herceptin.
Bring on City 2Sea.
Will stay in touch. xx