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Not Her2

My personal journal with breast cancer #NotHer2

Welcome to Not Her2, my personal journal of my experiences since being diagnosed with breast cancer. I want to use this platform as an opportunity to help educate and inspire my readers. Hopefully we can fight to end breast cancer and we can stop saying,  "Not her too!"  

Low ANC

This week’s chemo treatment with Taxol #6 and #3 Herceptin-Perjeta has been skipped due to low ANC. Hey Siri/Alexa what’s ANC? Absolute...

Numbing Memory

Now that I’m on a weekly treatment I have to remember to put some numbing cream (lidocaine) on the handy dandy port. If you haven’t read...

Oops I did it again

What did I do the Saturday before Mother’s Day? I celebrated that 65% tumor shrinkage with a spin class! Thank you Cheryl Plahy for the...

Bloodwork

I have to get my blood drawn every Wednesday (day before chemo) to check several things to make sure my body can take and process the...

MRI bang bang time again

It’s time to take some measurements. I am praying that the AC treatment did some damage to the cancer lumps in my left boob and armpit. I...

THP - what does it mean?

THP is an acronym of the new set of chemo and targeted treatment drugs that I just started on 4/25. T - Taxol (chemo) H - Herceptin...

Insurance caused a slight schedule change

Last week’s AC treatment #4 was postponed due to some insurance issues. Soooo when I received the positive cancer diagnosis, I started a...

SNL

Saturday Night Life... NCAA semifinal Texas Tech defeats Michigan (sorry Magic) Yummy meal brought to me by: My mom - sliced cucumbers...

Did you know?

Some stats that can answer some questions I’ve been asked (stats credit from www.breastcancer.org) https://www.breastcancer.org/symptoms/...

Genetic testing results

If you’re like my sister Nikki and friends like Dr. Chris Noakes (Ph.D. Not MD) that understand the language of genetic sequencing and...

Great things about no hair

- Travel size hair products lasts as if they’re COSTCO size - Drying time has been cut drastically - I have the option to go to a salon...

Transformation

I couldn’t stand the discomfort I was feeling on my head. It was perfect timing that my sister Nikki and nephew Nolan was in town for...

Vulnerability

Yesterday was quite challenging. I had pain in my right groin area. When I checked my monthly female calendar app, I was in the midst of...

BRCA1 BRCA2 PMS2 ATM

What the heck do those letters and numbers mean? Accounting nerd here does not recognize them as GL codes. Ohhhh but my genetic studying...

Energy level

When you have energy, exercise and get that body moving. Although I wasn’t on the bike for the whole class, I still taught and rode with...

Slow change

And this happened...

AC Cycle 1

AC chemo treatment #1 with my #1 💕 went fairly well. I didn’t fall asleep and I think mostly because I was curious and wanted to know...

2/21/2019

Although I’m anxious, nervous, and yep a lil scared today. As Tiffany Haddish would say #SheReady Let’s do this! 🥊 #NotHer2 #FCancer

Port weekend

Early Friday morning Mark dropped me off and I checked in to Sharp Memorial Hospital in Kearny Mesa. It was early for Mark but normal for...

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