Long-Term BC Survivors: Hooray for them and may all of us live long enough to be in this great groupl
Betty Ford - 34 years! (diagnosed in 1974)
Nancy Reagan - 21 years!
Shirley Temple-Black 36 years! (diagnosed in 1972)
Ruby Dee - over 30 years!
Sandra Day O'Connor - 26 years! (diagnosed in 1982)
Jill Eikenberry - 22 years!
Kate Jackson - 21 years!
Ann Jillian - 23 years! (diagnosed in 1985 at 35 years old; had a child in 1992)
Richard Roundtree - 15 years!
Marcia Wallace - 23 years!
Diahann Carroll - 10 years!
Rue McClanehan - 11 years!
Olivia Newton John - 15 years!
Linda Ellerbee - 17 years!
If there are other famous long-term survivors' that I've missed, please add to the list.
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sherry2007 Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 8 |
May 28, 2008 01:08 pm
sherry2007 wrote:
How long before you're concerned a survivor? There should be a better way to start a day than waking up every morning
Dx 10/12/2007, LCIS, 3cm, Stage II |
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jellydonut Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 441 |
Jun 9, 2008 08:42 pm
jellydonut wrote:
Sherry, You're a survivor at the moment of diagnosis as cancer has been in the body for quite a long time. At least that's my take on "survivorship." Good luck to you. Dx 2002, IDC, ER+/PR+, HER2- |
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lagunamil Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 1 |
Jul 8, 2008 04:59 pm, edited Jul 8, 2008 05:08 PM
by lagunamil
lagunamil wrote:
jellydonut -- how about being a survivor for almost 50 years and then being diagnosed with a recurrence in the old radical mastectomy area? Has this happened to anyone else? lagunamil |
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Summer Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 1206 |
Sep 19, 2008 02:51 am
Summer wrote:
bump for success stories Summer
Dx 10/12/2001, IDC, 1cm, Stage I, Grade 3, 0/8 nodes, ER-/PR-, HER2- |
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LisaH Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 38 |
Oct 13, 2008 11:13 am
LisaH wrote:
I'm coming up on 6 years next month! Diagnosed at age 33. Lisa H.
Dx 11/6/2002, IDC, 1cm, Stage I, Grade 2, 0/11 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2+ |
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msphil Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 105 |
Oct 21, 2008 08:24 pm
msphil wrote:
Hi, All I,m a 15 yr survivor this december(Praise the Lord) L mast, with reconstruction(my body rejected it) taken out, chemo, radiation, Tamoxifen for 5yrs, hot flashes, vaginal dryness, all during making wedding plans to my wonderful husband, I believe you are a survivor each day that U make another day, it should start there. God Bless. msphil |
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