Rita’s Story

Site created on May 22, 2010

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I have been diagnosed with metastatic/stage 4/terminal breast cancer. 

May 3, 2010  it was discovered that I had small nodules between the lining and lung sack on my right side.

We returned to U of MN Cancer Clinic for treatment.

The cancer has continued to stay there and as also moved to some lymph nodes in the chest area and now to the liver.

I have been on eight different drug treatments.  I stay on the drug(s) until they appear to stop working, do scans, if results are stable treatment continues, if progression of cancer then change drug treatment, repeat, repeat, repeat.  There is no cure, so this continues until all treatment options have been tried or the side effects become too difficult.





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June 18, 2021

Journal entry by Jenny Norson —

Rita passed on the afternoon of Wednesday, June 16, 2021.

She had been transferred to St. Croix Regional Medical Center on Sunday, June 13th when it became too much to remain at home.

She leaves behind a very large void and we will all miss that big personality.

Arrangements through Swedberg-Taylor in Webster, Wisconsin.

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