How many years have you been a Survivor?
Hi Ladies,
I see this topic was posted in the Stage IV forum and I thought it would be interesting to see how it looked for our group of Stage I ladies. I will start by saying I'm a 4 year survivor.
Have a good day!
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I am 5 years + 5 months survivor.
Sheila♥
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Great idea for a thread.
I'm still too new to say I am a "survivor" just yet. I was dx July 21, 2010. But okay, yea I'm a 2 month 9 day survivor. When you say "survivor" here, are you talking about NED? Have y'all been NED all these years? I certainly hope so. I've been NED since 8/30/2010.
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Winterstorm... I can only speak for myself. I have been NED so far.
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I have been NED 5 years on Oct 26/2010!
Michele
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I year survivor for me as of September 25th this month. I use my end of treatment date as the date - not when I was first diagnosed.
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Congrats Michele! When do most people begin survivorship, the date of dx or the date with NED?
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I'm stage II - can I play? :-)
2 years.
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18 months from surgery..next goal 24 months!
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Almost 21 years! Diagnosed in Oct. of 1989 at age 34, had lumpectomy, radiation, tamox. No recurrences, but unfortunately my daughter was diagnosed a year ago July at age 30. She was also Stage 1. She was tested for BRAC 1 & 2, negative. Go figure!
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I am just diganosed, through the lumpectomy 9/24/2010, sentinal lobe biopsy 9/24/2010 clear. Radiation is next. I am 44 and fearful. The invasive part was 2mm. Tamoxifen is next. Did you, sadmom, take anything following tamoxifen?
I am sorry to hear about your daughter but it strikes me the right negatives will get her through.
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I am 4yrs, 3mths out. My mom is a 30yr survivor and will be 86 next month. Maternal Aunt is a 13yr survivor.
Julie
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I am 4years, 10 months out...so 5 years coming up! Instead of feeling great about that, I feel nervous...my 100% 5 year survival stat will be over...now what?????
LESLIE55
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We count from surgery, right, because the rest is just insurance, changing the locks on the stable door (and hoping the horse hasn't already made a bolt for it?)
Hey eight months today, now that's two thirds of a year already. I'll soon be catching y'all up!
five months if you count from end of treatment, next monday.
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Two months and 10 days since my surgery. Just a newbie!
Michelle
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I always thought survivorship began the date of dx. Please correct me if I am wrong. Lance Armstrong considers his survivorship to have begun on the date of his dx.
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Another newbie - 5 months and 1 day.
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I counted from the day I felt the lump on my breast, since it was later dx'd.
But if I count since dx, going on 18 months.
I think if you have a reeeeally obvious lump, you should be allowed to count since then. But then one might mess up the number crunchers' game.
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hey, jancie -- me too -- September 29, 2009 was my last day of radiation. September 29, 2010, coincidentally, was also the date of my first mammogram post-cancer (all clear, and while that's good, I also bear in mind that mammography never showed my lesions even when we knew exactly where they were). Also, again completely coincidentally, my one-year anniversary also happened to be the day that I passed along the book I was given at diagnosis (Understanding Lumpectomy) and the heart-shaped pillow for post-surgery to another woman who was just diagnosed.
Fuck cancer.
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Today makes 32 days from surgery. I'm the day after winterstorm. Ironically she's 1 year older than me too.
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Today is 1 year 2 days from first surgery. Better margins surgery was on Nov 19th. So I guess 10 3/4 months for this beast. 14 years 9 months from my lymphoma stint. They claim BC was caused by the mantle radiation from 14 years 9 months ago. GO FIGURE. As of today I'm cancer free. Thank GOD!
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1Athena1 wrote:
I'm stage II - can I play? :-)
2 years.
Same here, Stage 2 (tried to do italics in quoting Athena above) My oncologist says that he won't consider me in remission until 7 years post-treatment (chemo/rads end Feb.'07). My breast surgeon wants to follow me for 10 years. That said, I'm NED for 3 1/2 years. So, as far as surviving, I'd say from day of dx, May 2006. ~juli
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November 15, 2010 will be my 4 year survivorship of Stage II breast cancer.
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Yes, counting from diagnosis makes much more sense, I got confused cos I just came from the thread about Cured or in Remission? where a slightly different question about how long cancer-free (NED). Sorry I didn't mean to upset people.
Thinking about it, the months i quoted above since being cancer-free (i hope) which were mostly spring and summer months spent off work and suffering only a recovery from surgery and rads, have been a walk in the park compared to the previous four months between diagnosis and surgery, darkest winter in many senses, which I kept on at work throughout, trrying to look normal and struggling to function through a tamoxifen stupor, but knowing I had this awful THING growing inside me and nothing seemed to be happening to make it better.
Well in that case I survived the first year.
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I count from when the lumpectomy surgery got it out of my body. That was May 2008, almost 2-1/2 years ago.
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I am a 1 yr. 1 mo. survivor, my cousin is at 7 yrs., my godmother is a 26 yr. survivor. She is 87 yrs. old and is still going strong, she still looks nifty in her polo shirt and jeans.
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I count from my dx date which was January 23, 2009. That was 21 months ago and so far so good.
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3 years! Woo Hoo
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2 1/2 years this month!
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1 year tomorrow.
Woot Woot!
(hi mmm!)
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Another newbe 3 months 1 day.
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