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Shelly Ann Bovee

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Howdy pardners. Dan wanted me to give you all the nuts and bolts of my diagnosis so here goes...at the end of November of last year I found a lump in my breast. I waited until after the Holidays to see a MD. I went in and had a Diagnostic Mammogram and Ultra Sound done at that time which found the lump and also a suspected odd lymph node. A biopsy was scheduled for February and on March 9th i was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer. Both the lump and lymph node were cancerous. I consulted a breast surgeon at that time and was not impressed with him or his staff. I made an appointment with 2nd breast surgeon who was refered to me by my best friends Mother Barbara Duffy who had worked with him years back at Scottsdale/Osborn. We were impressed with him right off the bat. He was personable and very educated. He ordered blood work and a PETscan right away and refered me to DR. Cavalcant who is now my oncologist. I saw DR. Cavalcant April 1st. It was that day that he told me i am stage 4 breast cancer because the cancer has spread to my spine, pelvic bone and rib cage. He ordered several tests that seem to fill up the calender in March. 9 MRI's of my back done, a MUGGAscan of my heart, a pelvlic bone biopsy and blood work once a week. All very daunting news to be sure but i knew i was in good care with DR. Cavalcant. He has been aggressive with chemo and very thorough. I go for chemo once a week and saw the DOC today (4-30-2009) and he was very positive!! He said chemo is going very well. His parting words to me "we are going to beat this thing"!!! No sweeter words spoken from an oncologist. Chemo has had its good and bad days but its manageable and i believe it is working!!! So, thats just a little bit about whats been going on around these parts. If anyone has any questions, feel free and i will answer best i can. Over and out for now!! :) Shelly
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Dr. visits and Dan visit

Hi everyone, hope all is well. Things have been very busy in my neck of the woods lately. I saw Dr. Taylor last Monday and i asked how long it will take to see hair on my head...he said "weeks and weeks". Not the answer i was looking for. Then last Thursday my brother Dan flew in for 5 days. He took me to chemo on Thursday. We saw Dr. Cavalcant who said i will be on Herceptin indefinitely. We were there for 3 and half hours, Long day at the doctors office. On top of that I had a reaction to chemo and it was miserable. For over 2 hours i had the eebie-jeebies, the chills, couldn't get comfortable. The nurses thought it was from Benadryl but i'm convinced it was the herceptin. As soon as the herceptin was done things went back to normal. At any rate i hope i dont have that to look forward to every 3 weeks. Next Wednesday i have an MRI of the brain and a PETscan scheduled at Banner Desert to see how the radiation therapy went and scan for cancer. Hopefully the radiation took care of it.

Dan flew in to help me do some home improvements. We put in 4 big windows in 2 days. The next couple of days we tore out the carpet, foam, tack strips and base boards in the front room and replaced it with Schon wood flooring and it turned out fantastic!! The wood is called Brazilian Koa and its very impressive looking wood. Dan did a hell of a lot of work while he was here and its much appreciated!!! It was good to hang with him, we got alot done in a short amount of time. Thanks for all your help too Mom and Dad!!