Success Stories!
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Thank you shorbr,
as I can see, your NED for 7 years and this is really great. Could you please tell my which therapy you got?
Marlenet: I will think of you on Monday!
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I have a good friend that ran into a woman at a moving sale,(2011) the lady had on a mx sleeve so they go to talking. The woman was dx over 10 years ago with 27 pos nodes. She had another bout in the breast but caugth it early. She is still cx free!! YEA!! I love this thread, just found it today. But I really need stories of hope! I can not imagine being dx back in the 30, 40, 50, 60, the surgery must have just been awful! These are super ladies that have survived, you are all an inspiration!!
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Hi Moonflower,
I was 49 at the time and turning 50 the following month. They considered me young and thought the chemotherapy would be beneficial for me.
Had lumpectomy, SNB, had Adrianmycin (4 treatments every 3 weeks), and radiation therapy. Even went through a bout with depression and I was prescribed Lexapro (which was a lifesaver for me). I cried literally for about 3 months before taking it. I was so gloom and doom. Then about a year after I had salpingo-oophorectomy because tumor markers were a "little" elevated, but we wanted to be sure there was nothing going on. Everything was normal. Oh...took Tamoxifen for one year and had 4 years of Arimidex.
I still have bilateral breast MRI and mammogram yearly and just "graduated" to having yearly check-up with medical oncologist and I see my breast oncologist every 6 months.
Other than that, I feel fine. Hope you will be able to breeze through your treatment. Take care.
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Moonflower8-Thanks! I CANT WAIT UNTIL MONDAY!!!
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Yes! My 3 year mammogram came back normal! Party Party Party!
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What I love about this thread is I realize how public we can be about our situations. This was not true of women generations back, when to say the word "breast" aloud was in bad taste. Even now, I know older women who speak freely and frankly, but simply point when it comes to that word.
This is a terrible journey, and I can only imagine the horror of having to go it alone and keep it kind of secret. I am grateful to Betty Ford, for one, who brought this into the open. I'm also grateful for advocacy groups that keep this on the front burner.
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My story with cancer began last week when the doctor confirmed tht the huge lump of 8cm in my left breast is cancer :(s I am only 24 years I dnt have kids and it s shoking for me I am a cabin crew and cannot join my team coz i have to undergo chemical therapy i started yesterday my first injection FEC and they did me radiology and found no room for cancer in my entire body it s still localised in my left breast doctors said that it is a manageable and that i will survive but I am so scared and i need some advice and some successful stories to give me faith and courage I told my bf and he is shoked as well
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Rosaa, you may also want to join a thread titled Calling All Flight Crew Members - Past and Present to connect with others who do the same work.
Judith and the Mods
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Rosaa- So sorry about your dx but I am happy you have found this site. It has helped me so much. I am new to this also. I was dx in Nov. The most important thing I have learned so far is BREATH, nice slow deep breaths. There are tons of success stories here and more being made each day. My advice would be to learn everything you can about your cancer, type (ER/PR/Her2) status, grade, is it invasive, or not. make sure you ask lots of question. There are lots of sisters here that have been through this and have lots of information and lots of sisters that know where to find information. Again I am so sorry you are here.
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Rosaa - welcome to the group, although I am so sorry you have to be here. There is a thread for young women like you: Calling all ladies in their 20's. Yes, being diagnosed with breast cancer is a nightmare - but you will get through it. The first few weeks where your brain is trying to process it all is the absolute worst. This board has been a godsend to me. We are all here to support each other as we fight this beast! Hugs to you!0
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Really needing to hear some success stories tonight. Just feeling scared
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Three weeks ago - on my way to the hospital to get my Herceptin treatment - while waiting for the bus in the cold I met a woman who was a 20 years survivor! She did not know the type of bc she had because back then it was not analyzed. But she said it was agressive. She said she had breast cancer in her forties. She also had a lumpectomy and chemo -a really drastic type of chemo. She looked great. She said she was doing fine and was soon retiring from work.
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thanks survivorwoman!
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Thank you Survivorwoman
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This guy at work came up to me when he found out I had bc and told me his mother had bc too.. He goes on to tell me she had b.c about 50 years ago! She got b.c in her late 30's! She is 90 now! And back in the day the treatments were much different!
Another co-worker had b.c twice... she is now 8 years out. Shortly after she found out she had b.c...3 of her 4 sister all developed b.c... all are doing well....
One guy at work told me his wife, she aunt, his mother and his aunt all had b.c and are all doing well today!
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Thank you for passing those stories along!
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Thanks for posting all the success stories. I'm having a rough night- steroid crash - and really needed to hear something positive!
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Kelley - I noticed you are triple negative. I know a lady who is the facilitator at my young survivors meetings in NYC. She is also triple negative. She has been cancer free for about ten years. Triple negatives do very well on chemo. Stay strong. How many more chemo do you have left?
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Boy, did i need to read these tonight! Thanks.
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My mother was diagnosed 12 years ago with breast cancer. She had a single mastectomy followed by radiation and chemo. She went in for a lumpectomy and they found she had 2 different types of tumors so they did the mastectomy the next day. She's 75 now and doing really well! It's amazing how far they've come even in that short amount of time. Our biopsies were done differently, they say that when I have my BMX, I probably won't need radiation etc. In the meantime, we've found out about several distant cousins that have had BC. One was diagnosed at 36 and is now 88. Her daughter was diagnosed at 33 and is now 62. And I can't even imagine how treatment was 30-50 years ago. It's amazing to me the number of people that tell me they know someone that has survived BC. It's sad, but an inspiration.
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I posted this under Stage 3 thread..Discharged after 9 years...Best to all going through.
Had some good news at annual Oncologist visit. He's not tearing up my file but I don't have to go to the cancer centre anymore. My Gp will do a physical once a year. I could never have imagined this 9 years ago. In fact I couldn't imagine who would be changing the babies diaper or holding their hands on their first day of school.
The nurse said odds of cancer coming back are very very small. I'll take that news and run...
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Carmelle, that is FANTASTIC! Thank you so much for sharing!
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Carmella...what an inspiration! It sounds like you had an oopherectomy...I've heard so much about Arimedix being better than Tamoxifin....I was diagnosed in January with stage 2b, ER+ HER - and meet with my surgeon tomorrow (doing neo adjunct chemo, surgery June 1st!) but pushing for a BMX. Did you have to push for an ooph or was it offered or suggested? I'm 40 and heard they are not likely to offer if under 45 and BRAC neg as I am...thanks!
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