Fall 2005
I apologize in advance for this e-mail to recipients on the list who aren't football fans. But it's September and it's Monday and ... I'm ready for some football!
Scoring update: Michelle 15, Cancer 9
Scoring summary
Cancer scores touchdown with surprise attack (missed extra point due to early detection)
Cancer 6, Michelle 0
Michelle scores touchdown with mastectomy (double mastectomy means two-point conversion)
Michelle 8, Cancer 6
Cancer kicks field goal by appearing unexpectedly in lymph nodes
Cancer 9, Michelle 8
Michelle scores touchdown for completing first phase of chemo (love and support of family and friends provide two-point conversion)
Michelle 16, Cancer 9
Hooray! The icky, dreaded A/C chemo that I've been whining about is over and I survived it! And I've got to keep thinking that if it could be so hard on me, I'm sure it showed no mercy on any lingering cancer cells.
Next up is 12 weekly infusions of another chemo drug, Taxol. I start Oct. 4 and finish up just before Christmas. What a great present that will be! After that I'll go every three weeks for a quick infusion of the promising, relatively new drug Herceptin. That will last another nine months. And after that is a possible five years of some sort of hormone therapy (likely a daily pill). So there's a long road ahead of me, but I really feel like the worst is behind me.
As always, thanks to everyone for all the love, support and prayers. It really means a lot. Please pray for all those who suffered such devastating losses in Hurrican Katrina. Any time I feel like having a little pity party for myself, all I have to do is think about those poor souls to realize how lucky I am.
Love to all,
Michelle
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