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Donna Peach Patient Expert

Long Beach, California
Blog: http://dancingsoles.wordpress.com
ALERTplease visit my blog for current entries. For some reason my Wellsphere is failing to pick up my current entries.   After my original diagnosis in 2004 of breast cancer in the left breast, in January 2009 my doctors found my breast cancer had metastasized to my bone,... Full Bio
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Xeloda 4.3.1 and icing feet for SE preventioin by Donna Peach Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer Read on »
Long Beach celebrates Pride Links Us Together 5/18–20/12 by Donna Peach Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer Long Beach is known for a few things, some we don’t need to mention that give it its Wrong Beach nickname, which either turn you off or, as for my husband and me, m ... Read on »
RIP Katherine Russell Rich 04-03-12 by Donna Peach Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer On April 3, 2012, we lost Katherine Russell Rich, who was living with metastatic breast cancer for 18 years before she danced into the light early last month. Even ... Read on »
URGENT one last day to vote for METAvivor’s entry in Pinkwell by Donna Peach Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer As you may have noticed, I have been reminding everyone to vote for  METAvivor’s  entry in the Pinkwell Challenge for an award of more than a hundred thousand dolla ... Read on »
Xeloda 4.2.4 and recap of metastatic treatment since 2009 by Donna Peach Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer A group to which I subscribe is conducting a roll call of members. We all submit our history since we joined the Stage 4 Cancer Club, a possibly daunting task ... Read on »
Xeloda week 2 and some favorite things by Donna Peach Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer Xeloda® week 2 began today. I take two doses, each twelve hours apart. The instructions are to take the dose with water and with a meal, so after breakfast com ... Read on »
update: Xeloda side effects by Donna Peach Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer foes of the darkness / at night when the sun goes down / pain and fierce spasms♦ daytime brings its own / brand of physical challenge / many tummy woes  ... Read on »
night spasms and meeting a rescue dog by Donna Peach Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer Last night I spent almost the entire time tossing because of muscle spasms. I have never had a night quite like that before. The spasms were mostly in the legs ... Read on »
chaos by Donna Peach Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer Nietzche probably / did not think of cancer when / he thought of chaos ♦ i much prefer the / chaos of many colors / to cancer’s chaos ♦ ♦     ♦ ... Read on »
Xeloda’s initial side effects after one week by Donna Peach Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer After just one week on Xeloda® and not even completing the first week off, I can assuredly note that the first few  side effects  on the list are in my pocket. I no ... Read on »
shaky hands: surreality by Donna Peach Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer 5 6 7 8 © 2004–2012 Donna Peach. All rights reserved. Read on »
cleaning out my desk, escaping fires and free brass seals and wax by Donna Peach Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer I have never sold anything like this on eBay before. I have these beautiful seals in the initial from my previous name, Horowitz, H, that I no longer use. In f ... Read on »
shaky hands: therapy may help by Donna Peach Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer I met with my neurology oncologist today who summarized the results from the previous diagnostic tests. While I had my surgery, the spinal tap that was to be a sepa ... Read on »
weekend closes with dinner out by Donna Peach Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer Tomorrow I meet with my neurology oncologist to review the results of my spinal tap. I think it will be a good meeting as the preliminary report showed the spinal f ... Read on »
waffle maker: my new toy and a recipe for you by Donna Peach Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer Time today to make more waffles, which I tested yesterday with a recipe from the Internet combined with the one in the waffle maker manual. Today, I used my ... Read on »
UPDATE: surgery, chemo, side effects by Donna Peach Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer It happened. The side effects have already kicked in from the Xeloda®. I do not know why I was thinkingprobably more correctly termed hopingthat it would take some ... Read on »
favorite iPhone apps for tracking medications by Donna Peach Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer One of the challenges now for me is keeping track of all the medications I am currently taking. It is laughable that the main activity ruling my life at the mo ... Read on »
Xeloda begins by Donna Peach Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer I just received my new chemotherapy pill  Xeloda® , which I will start taking tonight. I am hoping the side effects will not jump up immediately and that I will hav ... Read on »
spinal tap clear by Donna Peach Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer With all of the other good and bad news to report I forgot yesterday that the spinal tap, done during the surgery at the lumbar level, showed no cancer cells. That ... Read on »
postop daily routine by Donna Peach Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer I start the day with a little regimen: deep breathing with my incentive spirometer to help clear my lungs of fluids from the surgery; they recommen ... Read on »
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