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Shit, Shit and Shit! #7

April 12, 2014
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Which is something I have had a very difficult time doing since I have been on those “Amazing Narcotic Pain Meds!” and a 24 hour protein only diet which didn’t help much! So lets start there…. Shit #1 A PET/CT scan takes pictures of your body in slices…much like a slinky, puts them together and…

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Posted in Treatment Tagged bone mets, FDG, lesions, lymphnode, MBC, metastatic disease, PET/CT, ribs, Senokot, Stage IV, stool softners, SUV Leave a comment

The News – #5

April 7, 2014
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Official path report states: Specimen A (front rib margin):Negative for metastatic carcinoma Specimen B (9th Rib): Metastatic Grade III ductal carcinoma. Metastatic lytic lesion spreads somewhat into surrounding skeletal muscle and fat. ER+ at 95%, PR+ at 20%, Her2/neu – Specimen C (back rib margin):Negative for malignancy At first glance it looks like everything was…

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Posted in Treatment Tagged Abraxane, Bisphonate, bone mets, bone treatment, ER, HER -, lesions, lytic, MBC, metastatic disease, pain, port, PR+, The Blood Guy, The Rib Guy, The SUrgeon Leave a comment

The Best in the West Rib Out! – #4

April 6, 2014
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Monday March 24th crept up quickly. Lots of anxiety and sleepless nights and of course no damn rib pain! Isn’t that how it always works? Nothing happens when you actually need it to. No signs that you’ve made the right decision, no validation. I remember a week before my mastectomy as my body was coming…

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Posted in Treatment Tagged Dilaudid, MBC, pain, QOL, ribs, surgery 2 Comments

The Whole Thing – chapter 3

April 4, 2014
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I met with Dr. Ganser, Cardio-Thoracic surgeon, (aka That Rib Guy) 2 days after receiving the disturbing scan result. His plan was to take the rib out. The WHOLE THING…. ALL OF #9 would be gone. Not just the part of the rib with the tumor in it or just the back portion but the whole thing!…

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