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Andie
Jun 25, 2003 09:02 AM Andie wrote:
My mom was diagnosed at 6o, had a masectomy and nothing else. She is a healthy 85 yr. old.Andie
All Topics → Forum: Biographies and Inspiring Stories → Topic: Success Stories!
Posted on: Jun 23, 2003 03:41 PM
Carmelle wrote:
Every now and then I read a post on this forum that talks about somebody who has lived a long time with disease. I know there have even been threads with many node positive success stories and stage IV survival stories.Posts 1 - 30 (937 total)
Jun 25, 2003 09:02 AM Andie wrote:
My mom was diagnosed at 6o, had a masectomy and nothing else. She is a healthy 85 yr. old.Jun 25, 2003 10:24 AM Sunshine wrote:
My cousin had BC when she was 30 something. She is now in her 90's and is and has been cancer-free ever since.Jun 25, 2003 08:31 PM Sachi wrote:
My mom's friend was diagnosed 40 years ago before all this fancy chemo stuff. She had a bilateral mastectomy, is now 80 years old and looks fantastic. She's very active and healthy. I think of her when I get down.Jun 25, 2003 08:52 PM Sphynx wrote:
My grandmother was born in 1875 and had one breast removed at the age of 50, around 1925. She died in 1974, 6 months before her 100th birthday. Can you imagine the kind of surgery available in 1925?Jul 1, 2003 12:32 AM runner1 wrote:
I don't have any success stories to contribute but just wanted to say I think this is a wobderful idea! I'll find this very helpful on days that I don't feel very optomistic! Thanks Carmelle!Jul 1, 2003 01:50 PM Catherine wrote:
My grandmother's friend was a tiny lady about 4'11". She loved saying, "My doctors gave me six weeks to live and I outlived every one of them." She had a mastectomy, colonoscopy and numerous other surgeries, but she stayed feisty as ever and died in her 90's. She was a real character and I think that's what kept her going.Jul 1, 2003 02:44 PM Carmelle wrote:
I thought of one too. My surgeon had to tell me over the phone about my positive lymph nodes and I tried to take it really well but she knew I was scared.Jul 1, 2003 02:48 PM Sachi wrote:
Carmelle,Jul 3, 2003 09:27 AM marcoarea wrote:
I agree with the others. Great thread!Jul 10, 2003 05:37 AM Sachi wrote:
I went to a wonderful store yesterday to buy my first prosthesis. Everyone there was a BC survivor. The lady who helped me had a mastectomy 20 years ago and the other woman I chatted with had used the same surgeon I did 21 years ago. I figure when I'm ready for therapy I'll just go hang out at that store!Jul 10, 2003 02:12 PM stella1298 wrote:
This is the best thread!!!Jul 11, 2003 10:51 AM jessie wrote:
My grandmother had a mastectomy when she was very young (not sure how old she was) and she died at 87 of something else. My aunt had mastectomy 18 years ago and is now 80 and still going and offering me advise and moral support.Jul 16, 2003 12:30 PM Sachi wrote:
This is such a great thread, I hate to see it lost! I'm sure there are many more stories out there that will help to encourage people new to this board!Jul 16, 2003 12:46 PM baseballgirl wrote:
My neighbor is a 17 year survivor. She asked what she could do for me when I was diagnosed. I told her the best help was seeing her raking her leaves, working on her garden, walking her dog and just being a healthy retired person was the best medicine in the world!Jul 16, 2003 12:49 PM baseballgirl wrote:
oops, one more. my grandmother died in 1978 and the funeral home contacted her kids to let them know she had had a mastectomy. SHE DIDN'T TELL ANYONE. Funeral home figured the scar was 15-20 years old. No records exist; her doc and my grandfather were long dead. Our guess is that was how a bad biopsy was handled then. She died in her 80's of something else. If she had that surgery today, what a great supportive community she would have had! Glad attitudes have changed!Jul 16, 2003 01:18 PM Carmelle wrote:
I don't want to see it lost either and love to read it here. That was the idea anyhow.Jul 18, 2003 11:57 AM njgal wrote:
Famous people ...Jul 18, 2003 12:13 PM LzTish wrote:
I need a little help and a success story please!Jul 18, 2003 12:53 PM Sachi wrote:
Liz,Jul 22, 2003 05:07 AM Sachi wrote:
Sorry to keep pushing this but I loved Michelle's idea for this thread. I KNOW we have lots more success stories out there to share - so , come on ladies, let's hear about them! This is a great place for all of us to check in for a pick me up and a good place for our new sisters to come to.Jul 22, 2003 01:56 PM Gypsypet wrote:
My mother-in-law was dx in the 80's (sorry, don't have the full info), had a mast, 5 years on Tomoxafin (sp) when (from what I've been told) it was in trials (I may be wrong). Great lady, doing well, even if her mind isn't... but she's someone I look up to...Jul 25, 2003 04:43 PM DeeSkye wrote:
I hopped over from the newly diagnosed. I had to go to the dentist this morning. He told me about his grandmother getting BC in both breasts at the age of 66. She had bilateral masts and lived for 22 years. He told me he never saw herJul 25, 2003 04:46 PM DeeSkye wrote:
I hopped over from the newly diagnosed. I had to go to the dentist this morning. He told me about his grandmother getting BC in both breasts at the age of 66. She had bilateral masts and lived for 22 years. He told me he never saw herJul 26, 2003 04:33 AM maywin wrote:
My mom's best friend just passed away at age 84 of Alzheimer's. She had a mastectomy the year I graduated from high school-1972! Another of my mom's friends had a mastectomy about 20 years ago and she's perky as can be at age 78! Neither of them had chemo or radiation as it wasn't given back then. When we refinanced our mortgage in April I had just started chemo and the loan officer (whom I had known for ten years) told me she had bc twenty years ago at ago 42 and just a mastectomy. Obviously she is still doing fine. She also said that she had had a big tumor, too. So many women have had bc and I was unaware of it. Oh yes, a fellow PTO member at my son's high school told me she was having reconstruction this year-she had her mastectomy 13 years ago and was just getting around to it.Jul 26, 2003 05:03 AM sully wrote:
My grandmother (dad's mom) had bc in the early 60's and lived to be 82. She had a mastamoy back then. She did have a reaccurance at the age of 80, but that's not what she died from.Jul 26, 2003 05:53 AM Carmelle wrote:
me again,Aug 5, 2003 01:11 PM Sachi wrote:
A woman I went to college with was just honored by a local BMW dealer. She'd had BC 11 years ago (when she was 35) and she's doing and looking great!Aug 11, 2003 04:27 AM Carmelle wrote:
Posting to the top again. Hoping for more good news.Aug 11, 2003 03:49 PM Pomey555 wrote:
My friend got BC when she was 30.Aug 11, 2003 04:02 PM dlm wrote:
God Bless you all for this site, it will be the first i go to from now on. I was a little down but after those uplifting stories I just kicked myself and said see with God all things are possible, enough of the sad stuff thanks for the shot in the heart