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A friend for my aunt?

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Posted by Heather on 6/5/2002 from 64.12.103.44:

Hello! I am posting here hoping I could find a woman either with breast cancer or someone who has had breast cancer who would be willing to more or less be a pen pal for my aunt. She isn't able to do much now and I think it would help her to be able to talk to someone she doesn't already know on a personal level who knows somewhat what she is going through.

Here is a little bit of her story. I want to say she is 35 now but I'm not exactly sure. She found out she was pregnant about three years ago. A couple of months later, she found out she had breast cancer. She had her breast removed and took chemotherapy all while she was pregnant. After she delivered her son she started taking stronger doses of chemotherapy and then began radiation.

She had went into remission finally. Not long after Christmas this year she found out that her cancer had came back. This time her breast cancer was in her bones in her hips and pelvic area and possibly other places. About a month and a half later they discovered it had spread to her brain.

She is now on her third kind of chemotherapy. They have had to switch it to try and get her cancer cell count to drop. It started dropping with the first kind then wouldn't drop any farther so they had to switch to some pills she would take at home. Yesterday she went to the doctor for a visit and they told her they would have to switch her to the most agrresive chemotherapy because nothing else was doing any good.

She doesn't like to talk to people about it much. Especially people who have no idea what she is going through emotionally or physically right now. I feel that if someone would, it would help her a lot to have someone to write to. If anyone would be interested would you please email me at achmadison@aol.com or babygirl3869@aol.com. Thanks a lot.

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