Timeline

• 1/4: Met with gynecologist for lump in breast
• 1/12: ultrasound of left breast
• 1/13: wisdom tooth pulled
• 1/25: Met Dr. Lind; core needle biopsy of lump
• 1/27: Diagnosed with breast cancer
• 2/6: Breast MRI 
• 2/10: surgery to place port-a-cath in my chest
• 2/15: EKG
• 2/16: chemo 1 of 6; taxotere and cytoxin; herceptin
• 2/23: Dr. Rubin checks my levels from chemo
• 3/6: chemo 2 of 6; taxotere and cytoxin; herceptin
• 3/15: 1st hospitalization for suspected DVT; Baker's Cyst diagnosed
• 3/28: chemo 3 of 6; taxotere and cytoxin herceptin; 1st Lupron shot
• 4/18: chemo 4 of  6;  taxotere and cytoxin and herceptin 
• 4/30: left knee MRI
• 5/10: chemo 5 of 6; taxotere and cytoxin and herceptin; dr can't feel lump
• 5/29: ER visit due to lower left leg edema
• 5/31: 2nd hospitalization for suspected DVT
• 6/1: Baker's Cyst aspirated bedside
• 6/4: chemo 6 of 6; taxotere and cytoxin and herceptin
• 6/13: Breast MRI shows NO CANCER
• 6/15: Ultrasound-guided aspiration of Baker's Cyst
• 6/26: Bone scan
• 6/29: Lumpectomy and sentinel node biopsy
• 7/9: Gabapentin begins
• 7/19: Left knee MRI (failed due to pain) and CT scan of chest, abdomen, and pelvis
• 7/23: 2nd Ultrasound-guided aspiration of Baker's Cyst
• 8/2: Herceptin and Lupron
• 8/3: Baker's Cyst removal & hospitalization 
• 8/9: Orthopedic doctor explains malignant cells found in tissue from Baker's Cyst
• 8/10: Oncology reports lung nodules
• 8/13: diagnosed with sarcoma in left leg; pathology reports continuing, sarcoma suspected in synovial fluid
• 8/14: Sarcoma Chemo 1 of 10
• 8/16: Orthopedic dr removes stitches from Baker's Cyst
• 8/17: ultrasound follow up to Baker's Cyst surgery; blood clot (DVT) found; admitted to Methodist's ER and transferred to Hahnemann University Hospital to be near my doctors
• 8/18: repeated ultrasound confirms DVT; started on Heparin
• 8/20: MRI on brain and left knee
• 8/21: CT scan of chest, abdomen, and pelvis
• 8/22: Lung biopsy (left side); transferred to Cooper University Hospital
• 9/1: discharged from Cooper Hospital
• 9/2 - 9/10 admitted to Hanhemann University Hospital
• 9/5 - 9/8: 4 days of intense chemo
• 9/27: chemo (round 5, switch from 4 in a row to once a week)
• 10/4: my blood counts were too low for chemo; blood transfusion.
• 10/4 - 10/12: visit the family in New Jersey
• 10/13 - 10/30: hospitalized at Hanhemann University Hospital
• 10/17: Radiation begins
• 10/25: left leg starts to leak
• 10/27: chemo
• 11/5: chemo
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