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day 217 – hurts so good – physical therapy post-mastectomy

  • by oliverbogler
  • Posted on April 24, 2013April 24, 2013
  • my journey

I wrote a couple of weeks ago (day 191) about the rather surprising change in my body, post-surgery: the abrupt loss of the ability to feel touch, while still feeling pressure, around the scar area […]

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day 202 – surgery is over

  • by oliverbogler
  • Posted on April 9, 2013April 9, 2013
  • my journey

Yesterday, one day shy of 2 weeks post-operation, I had my second drain pulled, and as my surgeon’s PA said as she was pulling it out, that marks the end of surgery. Compared to chemo, […]

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day 191 – modified radical mastectomy for male breast cancer

  • by oliverbogler
  • Posted on March 26, 2013March 26, 2013
  • my journey

If chemo is a journey, then surgery is day out: chemo takes a long time, has many twists, turns and delays, and at times seems never to end; in contrast, surgery is for sure a […]

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day 157 – last dance with FAC

  • by oliverbogler
  • Posted on February 20, 2013February 23, 2013
  • my journey

Today is a momentous day – my last chemo, certainly for now and hopefully for ever. It is only my fourth FAC, the drug combo that is the second phase of my treatment, following the 11 cycles of taxol. It is the last step in a 142 day, 15 treatment…

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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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day 69 giving thanks, connecting and taking stock

  • by oliverbogler
  • Posted on November 26, 2012February 23, 2013
  • my journey

I didn’t grow up with Thanksgiving, being German and spending much of my youth in England. There were harvest festivals of course although my family did not observe these ancient celebrations of thanks for bringing in the food for the year. I have…

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day 44 a personal update: things are going well

  • by oliverbogler
  • Posted on November 1, 2012February 23, 2013
  • my journey

Today, just a personal update. I met with my oncologist yesterday, for the regular monthly checkup to see how things are going. Then I did my taxol #5, which was uneventful. I even managed a brief nap between the blood pressure cuff automatically …

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day 42 a doctor with heart or why a cancer center has cardiologists

  • by oliverbogler
  • Posted on October 30, 2012February 23, 2013
  • my journey

On day 38 I wrote about side effects and how they tell you things are working. Well, there are some that overshoot that mark a little, and can cause real harm. While no side effects are great, many are temporary and can be managed, such as hair lo…

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day 38 that’s how I know the chemo is working

  • by oliverbogler
  • Posted on October 26, 2012February 23, 2013
  • my journey

This Wednesday was only my fourth taxol, but I am beginning to feel the side effects. It’s a little earlier than anticipated, and its nothing major. And of course, everyone’s experience is a little different. Mostly I have the feeling of cold feet…

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