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Hello I am Diane Waggoners older Sister TNBC took her on Tues.March 10th 2015 I miss her terribly as I was with her for 57 years and 11 months of pure hell She always talked about this web site and I am here now to see what she saw. I know it helped her and I know when ever there was a new member she was so very sad. I will keep up the fight to find a cure, I don't want it to take any more God Bless all of you and thanks for being a Sister to my Sister. She was too young. Sherry
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Please remember Diane Waggoner as she passed on March 10th from TNBC
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I am so sorry for the loss of your sister, Diane.  I'm glad you were a comfort to her as she battled this horrible disease.  May you remember the good and loving times you had with her.  I hope one day we have targeted therapy.

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DX IDC TNBC 6/09 age 49, Stage 1,Grade 3, 1.5cm,0/5Nodes,KI-67 48%,BRCA-,6/09bi-mx, recon, T/C X4(9/09)
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Thanks Donna today we bury her @ 11:00 am so hard. I cant believe you have had it so long. Lets please keep in contact. God bless you Sister.
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Sherry, I'm so very sorry for your loss.  
Dx 09/14 Stage 2 TNBC, Grade 3, 3cm, no nodes. BRCA1+ Neoadjuvant treatment: 4 AC/T, 12 Taxol, 4 Carboplatin. BMX Diep Flap Hyster 3/5/15. Path report PCR, no radiation advised.
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Sherry I too have lost, for me it's been 2 sisters to cancer. I don't think there's another place to come to where so many of our family can understand so completely the tragedy that losing your sister means. I am always in wonder of the spirit and kindness of those that have Tneg have and the strength and love that their families contribute to the journey.

I hate this disease and what it does to good and fine people. It makes no sense to me. Having had Tneg and having had 2 sisters fight cancer I kind of know what it's like to be on both sides of the battle. Either way, it sucks. Your sister was very lucky to have had you as her sister, your love for her is obvious from your words and I know you must be close to absolute exhaustion so it's all the more meaningful that you chose to use some of your energy to come here and share her story. Thank you. For you now, please do take extra care of yourself, trust in your decisions and your way forward. Best, Mainy
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3 Lymph nodes involved, Taxol/Sunitab+AC, 5/09 dbl masectomy, path 2mm tumor removed, lymphs all clear, RAD 32 finished 9/11/09. 9/28 CT clear 10/18/10 CT clear
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Dear Sherry,
Thank you for coming here and letting us know about the death of your sister,'Diane Waggoner'. This triple negative cancer has taken so many young women away from family and friends. I am personally praying for a targeted therapy for our TNeg Sisters in the near future. I pray I live long enough to see it become a reality.
My Sympathy to you and all of Diane's family. Please take care of yourself and get some rest. Come here anytime and share your thoughts, grief, and anything else you would like to share. Diane was lucky to have you for an advocate as well as a sister.

Love and God Bless,
Lillie
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Dear Sherry,
Did Diane ever post here or just come to read. I was wondering what name she used to post under, if any. If she just came to read I am so glad we were here for her and I hope she found some support and love here.

God Bless,
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Dx 6/06 age 65,IDC-TNBC
Stage IIb,Gr3,2cm,BRCA-
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6/06 Axl. 9 nodes-
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Thanks to everyone, and Diane was on here daily, I am not sure she posted, but I know she was so sorry ever time a new Sister was Diagnosed. she was so scared for the 11 months she had it. it spread to her lungs and her throat had a tumor where they went in to look @ her lungs, oh God she suffered so bad , they had to put a drain in between her ribs and drain her daily towards the end, I saw how bad it hurt because I was with her. She was so dam strong and now I wonder why she didn't eat sugar and tried to go organic. she loved my Sister Hollys baked oatmeal. I miss her and am so scared. My Husband was just diagnosed with kidney cancer that they accidently found because of a gallbladder attack, they removed the R kidney and gallbladder, Diane and him were in @ the same time, his cancer unfortunately spread to the pancreas and see Md. tomorrow. I just don't know how much one can take, we also buried my Dad 6 months ago and @ the same time my Son told me he and his wife are separating, 2 girls second time for the first girl and now my little Bella. I will help TNBC ladies and take over for Diane. God Bless you all. I guess Diane sent one of the ladies money for TX.
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That's a huge amount to bear. I'm going to say something out of turn here, but also borne of concern and caring. You need to find a professional to help you through this. I think most of us would tell you that you're on the right path, that you're strong and courageous. But under your circumstances Hercules would have run crying down the road. So please consider trying to find a professional that can help you navigate all that is on your table now.

And please please, do come here regularly and let us help you as you helped your sister Diane.

As our dear Connie used to say, remember wherever you travel, whatever you must bear, you have the Tneg family standing at your back, we'll fill every doctor's office consultation, every procedure, every scary MRI, all of it, we'll be there.
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Hi Thanks for those kind and very helpful words. I actually do see my Psychiatrist on the 30th I have sought professional help a while back with my Dad. I do need to ask you if you would trust a study for my husbands Kidney Cancer that traveled to his pancreas, it is not FDA approved they hit us with that today, we just thought he would have the FU with Surgeon that removed his kidney, but they had an oncologist picked out for us and this advocate Md brought up this study, it was a lot of info in one day and My Hubby liked the idea of taking a pill instead of chemo. I just don't know. Thanks Sherry
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That strikes me as a leap Sherry. Is this in a Clinical Trial? It's so terribly hard to decide these things because we're just flat out vulnerable and we want to grab onto something when it's offered. I agree a pill instead of an infusion has some definite appeal...but a pill can have the same if not worse side effects as an infusion chemo. I had pretty righteous side effects from my pill chemo.

The questioning that worked well for me (because I'm not a professional and I don't have an oncologist's grasp of how chemos work) is to say; 'that's an idea how do WE figure out if it's the right path to take? Can you give me another treatment to add into the mix of decision making? Are there any Clinical Trials that you offer that we should be considering'

In other words I'm personally not fond of 'serial' options. I'd rather push a doctor and get more than one option the first round than hear about another option after the first one didn't work. But since I don't have the analytical knowledge to really make judgments like this I'm more comfortable getting the professional to prove it to me and do the sorting out. A good treatment that worked for me didn't work for my sister, I'll never forget that and it's made me a pushy broad that asks for a treatment that matches up with the kind of tumor I have.

Not knowing is an ok thing Sherry. No one seems to recognize that we folks can make decisions just fine but we gotta have the tools to understand how things work. That's where a doctor needs to be able to do the sorting for you and come up with more than one plan and then do a good job of explaining how things work. You don't know because the answer hasn't arrived yet...your husband's doctor needs to get you guys there.

Take care. Mainy.
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You are a wise Woman Mainy, Thanks. has your Sister passed away?
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Both sisters have passed. One on Christmas '12, the other last June. It's a long and convoluted story, but I've learned to push for strong, smart treatment, just a standard protocol. All of us get so focused on one thing that we often turn a blind eye to other health issues at the same time. In one sis's instance she had undx'd Addisons which really made her journey so much worse. I'd like to thank you for the compliment but then again what little wisdom I actually had wasn't enough compared to what the hard journey has taught me.

Which West Bend are you from btw?
dx 7/08 TN 14x6.5x5.5 cm tumor

3 Lymph nodes involved, Taxol/Sunitab+AC, 5/09 dbl masectomy, path 2mm tumor removed, lymphs all clear, RAD 32 finished 9/11/09. 9/28 CT clear 10/18/10 CT clear
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