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About Me
QueenieEJC
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About Me
I am a retired R.N. with a zest for life. I have dealt with many challenges (cervical cancer with radical hysterectomy, radiation, lymphedema, cancer recurrence six years later, chemotherapy, heart attack, osteoporosis, and most recently glaucoma). I have been cancer-free for 15 years.
I am a retired R.N. with a zest for life. I have dealt with many challenges (cervical cancer with radical hysterectomy, radiation, lymphedema, cancer recurrence six years later, chemotherapy, heart attack, osteoporosis, and most recently glaucoma). I have been cancer-free for 15 years.
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Interests
Reading, travel, family & friends, movies, crochet, simply enjoying life!
Reading, travel, family & friends, movies, crochet, simply enjoying life!
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Hugbook
Funny Face
thought i would pop by and say hi, things got worse with my sister she managed to get into my emails and pass them on to a guy who was giving me a hard time though my autism support group i ended up having to go to the police about it i have changed my email will email you the new one soon its in my husbands name george, everything has got on top of me again but i am getting through it. managed to lose 17kgs in weight. take care my friend xox
Thanks
i feel like my life is over. or at least my career anyway, too sad. but thanks friend xoxo deee
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High Five
thanks, but she is probably doing a better job than me right now. These 2 classes are doing me in. Talked to counselor and he said take some time off and take more medicine. hahah Like maybe if i take enough drugs it will work, it definitely won't change these high school students or juvenile delinquents?
They actually talk about telling lies to get teachers fired. they are reallll sweet, huh?
oh yea, they throw things at each other just for fun.
And call the parents? hahah biggest laugh of all. My child wouldn't do that! huh?
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Shout Out
how u feeling? me, I'm sooo down and depressed. 2 of my classes are unbelievably packed, and with many really nasty boys. The girls, only 4 in period 1 and 3 in period 5, but they r ok.
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Celebration
Celebrate with me?? haha I am back to work, after all the knee surgery and Pt, am still getting PT. I have to move classrooms every single class, wowowowowo very challenging. our school is so large, almost the size of a junior college. Don't cha think they should give us, the teachers, free rollerblades? Hmmmm make my moves faster! xoxoxo deeeee
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Support Groups
Close Lymphedema
I've had lymphedema of the legs & pelvis for 22 years following cancer surgery and radiation.
Close Cervical Cancer
I was diagnosed with invasive cervical cancer 22 years ago at which time I had a Wertheim hysterectomy followed by radiation treatments because of a positive node found at surgery. I then developed lymphedema of both legs & pelvis following cancer treatment. Almost six years later, I had a metastatic spread diagnosed from a swollen node removed from the collar bone area. Then followed a year of chemotherapy for which I was hospitalized each month. I am now 15 yrs. cancer-free.
Treatments
- Chemotherapy Working / Worked
- Very effective. Received 3 drugs with good result. Lost my hair, nausea, loss of appetite - 34 lb. wt. loss over the year of chemo.
- Cisplatin Working / Worked
- Also Ifosfamide & Bleomycin. Hair loss, nausea, weight loss.
- Hysterectomy Working / Worked
- Wertheim hysterectomy at age 48.
- Radiotherapy Working / Worked
- 30 treatments (five days a week)with severe, painful diarrhea, fatigue, loss of appetite.
Open Glaucoma
I was diagnosed with glaucoma in Feb. 2008 and am under the care of a glaucoma specialist. I've used Xalatan initially, then Lumigan, had SLT treatment which reduced the pressure, and am back now on Xalatan.
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