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Monday, May 02, 2005
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Jinni's post surgery oncology prescription could be worse, I guess. Taxotere infusions once a week for twelve weeks... then Arimidex orally once a day for five years. (yep, five)
Dr. Ennever wanted to start treatments next week but Jinni put it off until the following week. She and a bunch of girlfriends have a beach weekend planned and not even cancer can keep her off the beach.
The way I figure it, we are going to be tied down with chemo sessions for much of the summer so I'm glad she is going while she can.
Follow up surgery is tomorrow @ 10:30a.
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Thanks for all of the background and foreground words of support and encouragement. We are doing fine, really. Kind of bummed about the chemo treatments but what can you do but accept it, schedule it, and deal with it. Are we feeling sorry for ourselves? Well, yeah... that happened last Wednesday between the hours of 2:00 and 6:30p. But we have five lives to live around here... big, long, full lives.
Stay with us.
11:38:49 PM 
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David Hoggard.
Last update:
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For Jinni Hoggard, on her porch swing in Greensboro, chemotherapy means going public with her cancer and losing the long, auburn hair she loves. (Lynn Hey/©News & Record) w/permission
The weblog entries presented on What's Up With Jinni were authored by Jinni's husband, David. They are reprinted from HoggsBlog and reflect David's view of the family's experiences. Click on the underlined dates on the calendar below to read entries going back to the initial diagnoses in November '04. To read Jinni's Journal, see links below.
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 Lasers pin-point the spot of focus of radiation as technicians make adjustments prior to Jinni's final radiation treatment as husband David looks on. David and others had to leave the room when the machine was activated.(Kelly Pace/©News & Record w/permission)
Jinni with son Jesse and daughter, Josie, at their Greensboro home. Another son, Jackson, is not pictured. Chester looks on.(Kim Walker/©News & Record w/permission)
Jinni Hoggard (right) visits with her neighbor, Louisa Lauver, about Hoggfest, a fund-raiser to help with medical bills. (Ki-Eun Kweon/©News & Record w/permission)
Jinni Hoggard with her dog, Frank, and her husband, David, in their back yard. (H. Scott Hoffmann/News & Record/©News & Record w/permission)
JINNI'S JOURNAL
Jinni was contacted by the Greensboro News &Record to write a periodic column during her battle with breast cancer. Jinni hopes that her experiences will help others understand the process of getting through the disease. Online versions of her columns are below. Check back for updates.
Jinni Hoggard (right) jokes with her dermatologist, Dr. Carol Woody, during a checkup before a trip to the beach, where she plans on soaking up the sun. (Kim Walker/©News & Record w/permission)
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