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Month: January 2013

day 137 – decision point FAC: decision is to complete the remaining two cycles of FAC

  • by oliverbogler
  • Posted on January 30, 2013February 23, 2013
  • my journey

Just a quick post today to complete the story. I met with my oncologist just now, and she had reviewed the ultrasound information and was encouraged. She clearly saw the value in completing the FAC. While she conceded there was just a modest amoun…

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day 136 – decision point FAC: ultrasound of my breast cancer in treatment

  • by oliverbogler
  • Posted on January 29, 2013February 23, 2013
  • my journey

I am writing this while waiting for my ultrasound exam, which will tell us whether the tumor is responding to FAC. If you recall, back on day 110 I described how my oncologist and I decided to move from taxol to FAC one week early, because the ult…

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day 114 – FAC stands for fluorouracil, adriamycin & cyclophosphamide

  • by oliverbogler
  • Posted on January 7, 2013February 23, 2013
  • my journey

As promised on day 110, today I am writing about the drugs in the second phase of chemo that I am doing. FAC is a combination chemotherapy, made up of three different drugs, that can be thought of as variations on a single theme: inhibiting the co…

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day 110 – the year of remission

  • by oliverbogler
  • Posted on January 3, 2013February 23, 2013
  • my journey

Happy New Year! I celebrate the start of 2013 as the year in which I will push my cancer into remission, as I complete the arc of my treatment. There is still a ways to go, but I’ll get there well before mid-year, all things being equal. The much …

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