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Hey Y'all,

I'm still here. I finished treatment 9/28, but then other aspects of my life

exploded.

My birth Mother (who I am very close to) was diagnosed with cancer of the

appendix, and developed

such a huge wound after her surgery (She's a type II diabetic) that she had to

go into rehab for

wound care and physical rehab. Just recently, she's been readmitted to Baylor in

Dallas because of

another massive infection. She hasn't even gotten to chemo and radiation yet,

and we were

diagnosed at about the same time.

My adoptive mother has senile dementia, and we needed to change her living

situation, as one of my

older sisters was taking advantage of the situation (A brand new car for me, and

my children? Why,

sure, Mom.) So there is continuing legal ugliness there.

My older brother is declaring bankruptcy, and my younger brother and his wife

are doing in vitro

(I told him that we NEEDED a baby right about now - LOL).

I'm still reading everything, and nearly posted when it looked like was

going to leave

(Nooooooooooooo).

Shout out to Marisa and Jude, hope y'all are well.

My hair came back very white/silver/grey and I love it. It's having a party on

my head and I'm not

invited, but who cares? It's hair!

Am having no side effects on Tamoxifen, but when the weather got colder, I got

substantially

stiffer. California is looking good.

I am so happy to be here, now, that I just start laughing sometimes.

Take care, everyone.

R.

Ruffing

Grade 3, Stage IIIA, ER/PR+, HER2 neg, 4.9 cm and 5 nodes positive

Chemo and radiation completed 9/28/06

Mastectomy, no reconstruction

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