Illuminade: Call for Submissions

Before my diagnosis came back I scoured the net looking for real life images & references to help me understand what I was dealing with. So I'm sharing this with you, hoping to aid anyone elses who finds themselves in a similar situation.

Monday, December 12, 2005

Call for Submissions - Artwork

I'm hoping to get back into writing and photography soon - need to take the camera in for a checkup. But I found this link, and wanted to share.

"We want artwork that will touch the heart & encourage the spirit." - Oncolink

Hope

... my entry - perhaps.

posted at 3:11 PM

1 Comments:

amanda said...: you should enter this...the light and shadowing is wonderful.; 12:44 AM

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Mammogram

Microcalcifications on Right Breast
Birad 4

Diagnosis

Tumor 1: Size: 1cm; ER+(77%), PR+(10%), HER2/neu:2+ (positive?)(2) - FISH to confirm
Tumor 2: Size: .2cm; ER+(73%), PR-(1%), HER2/neu:1+ (negative?) (1.3)

Grading
Nuclear Score: 3
Tubular Score: 3
Mitotic Score: 2

Staging: TBD based on positve node count after Bilateral Mastectomy

Timeline

March 15 - Chemo started March 9 - Port installed
February 9 - Bilateral Mastectomy
January 23 - Bilateral MRI
January 20 - Genetic Counseling
December 8 - Lumpectomy with Sentinel Node Biopsy
November 8 - Excisional biopsy
November 3 - Stereotactic core biopsy on 2/3 sites
October 28 - Digital Mammogram
October 20 - Meeting with surgeon (Dr. gr8). Fine Needle Aspiration.
October 18 - Meeting w/ PCP - surgeon recommended
October 14 - Mammogram (w/immediate call back for magnified images) & ultrasound.

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