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!"

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Avegail

Feb 24, 20191 min read

Slow change

And this happened...

Avegail

Feb 24, 20191 min read

AC treatment #1 - side effects

These are the side effects I have felt or feeling: - a little nausea but Zofran and prochlorperazine helped - a little heart burn that...

Avegail

Feb 24, 20193 min read

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...

Avegail

Feb 22, 20191 min read

My Thirsty Thursdays Happy Hours Spot

This is where I’ll be found on most Thursday mornings in the next 14 months. Why 14 months? - Round 1 Adriamycin (Doxorubicin) and...

Avegail

Feb 21, 20191 min read

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

Avegail

Feb 18, 20193 min read

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...

Avegail

Feb 13, 20192 min read

I was radioactive for 24 hours

First what’s a PET scan - A procedure in which a small amount of radioactive glucose (sugar) is injected into a vein, and a scanner is...

Avegail

Feb 11, 20192 min read

Happy 💘 Week

I want to express my deepest gratitude to everyone and giving you all my love. This isn’t a battle I know I can’t win by myself. Although...

Avegail

Feb 7, 20191 min read

Echocardiogram isn’t an EKG

This is a sample of what my echocardiogram was like today. One serious side effect of Herceptin, which is one of the antibodies in my...

Avegail

Feb 5, 20191 min read

Medical appointments - it happened so quickly

Here are my appointments schedule as of today: Thursday (2/7/19) 8:00 am – Echocardiogram Friday (2/8/19) 11:00 am – patient treatment...

Avegail

Feb 4, 20193 min read

21 Questions and then some

These are the list of questions I had for my 1/29/19 appointment with Dr. Shenoy and the answers she provided that I can sum up. Warning...

Avegail

Jan 27, 20191 min read

Medical oncology appointment is coming

An appointment is set for Tuesday (1/29) afternoon. Getting prepped for that with a list of questions. Stay tuned...

Avegail

Jan 22, 20192 min read

And the MRI results are in

For those of you that needed an image of what my position was like during my MRI visit last week, this is a great image to share. And the...

Avegail

Jan 17, 20192 min read

MRI Spa/PSA

I really imagined that I was at a spa with a PSA pre announcement signal blaring through my spa music. The tray that I had to lay face...

Avegail

Jan 16, 20191 min read

MRI time

I go for a MRI on 1/17/18 to see if any cancer is anywhere else in my body before I get a treatment plan. I’ll update this after my...

Avegail

Dec 19, 20181 min read

Second smush

I am grateful for a thorough mammogram. My tissues are dense so coming back for a second smush has been the norm for me. But on November...

Avegail

Dec 19, 20181 min read

What’s up Doc?

Before my first visit with the surgical oncologist Mark and I researched and gathered a list of questions to ask. Without the knowledge...

Avegail

Dec 19, 20181 min read

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HER2+ what is it? #fcancer #breastcancerawareness

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