5 year survivors, post your screen name here!

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  • Maya2
    Maya2 Member Posts: 244
    edited March 2013

    Eleven years last month! And as the others can attest, there is life after BC.

  • debbie5812
    debbie5812 Member Posts: 1
    edited March 2013

    debbie5812

  • Dejaboo
    Dejaboo Member Posts: 761
    edited March 2013

    I just celebrated 5 years March 7th!

  • mawmawj
    mawmawj Member Posts: 1
    edited March 2013

    I'm a 5 year survivor as of September 20, 2007!

    mawmawj

  • moderators
    moderators Posts: 8,739
    edited March 2013

    We're celebrating along with you - so many good news stories here!

  • Lee27
    Lee27 Member Posts: 9
    edited March 2013

    Nearing my 6 year anniversary in the month of



    May....Lee27

  • Shari0707
    Shari0707 Member Posts: 260
    edited March 2013

    Lee.. What was ur hormone/her 2 status

  • Shari0707
    Shari0707 Member Posts: 260
    edited March 2013

    And congrats!!!</

  • lago
    lago Member Posts: 11,653
    edited March 2013

    shari I think she was triple negative

  • Shari0707
    Shari0707 Member Posts: 260
    edited March 2013

    Thanks

  • Shari0707
    Shari0707 Member Posts: 260
    edited March 2013

    Want positive nodes happy stories with positve hormonal status a bd many years out!

  • lago
    lago Member Posts: 11,653
    edited March 2013

    Shari there are lots of hormone+ with nodes that are  many years out. Remember that hormone+ is the most common. Many don't post because they have moved on. You got some really strong chemo. At your stage you have a very good chance of posting here when you hit 5 years!

  • Shari0707
    Shari0707 Member Posts: 260
    edited March 2013

    Thanks.. For uplifting message.. Have my surgery a week fro. Thursday... Wondering if I will still have positive nodes after chemo and what that means if there are... Chemo worked but not as well as if I were her2 positive or triple negative... Tumor still there😥😢

    Thanks Iago

  • lago
    lago Member Posts: 11,653
    edited March 2013

    sent you a PM

  • Shari0707
    Shari0707 Member Posts: 260
    edited March 2013

    Sent U one back

  • lkc
    lkc Member Posts: 183
    edited March 2013

    I am coming up on 8 years !

  • lago
    lago Member Posts: 11,653
    edited March 2013

    ikc look at you. That's awesome. Did you get Herceptin?

  • Lilyn
    Lilyn Member Posts: 156
    edited March 2013

    Hi everyone. I had bilateral breast cancer diagnosed May 2008. ER/PR+, HER+ positive. Five years out in May Laughing

  • Richa
    Richa Member Posts: 3
    edited March 2013

    Friends

    Congrats to all of you...from when is the time counted. ..diagnosis or your last chemo....am on stage 3A diagnosed in June 2012 and terrified...it inspires me to read all the success stories n look forward to sharing mine with you



    Love to all

  • smerf
    smerf Member Posts: 476
    edited March 2013

    Seven years, and counting! Life is good.

  • lago
    lago Member Posts: 11,653
    edited March 2013

    SMERF! ♥

  • katyand4
    katyand4 Member Posts: 32
    edited March 2013

    Congrats to all the ladies who have recently posted here.  Wishing you all continued health and happiness.

  • Yayme
    Yayme Member Posts: 11
    edited March 2013

    I just wanted to share this great story with my sisters here. Many years ago, while I was being treated for ovarian cancer, I met a sweet nurse who was so kind and came in to tell me at that time she was going through cancer herself and understood my fears....I saw her today and I told her about my ovarian cancer survival journey but was recently diagnosed with TNBC...well...she said, Lisa, remember 17 years ago while you were going through chemo and fighting ovarian? I said yes of course I do....then she told me her journey..she had a huge breast tumor, took chemo and radiation..nodes and nodes..and nodes...then she said, it wasn't until her cousin developed breast cancer that she decided to ask for her old tissues from archives and sent them for receptor status from 17 years ago...she said she was floored because when it came back she saw she had been Triple Negative 17 years ago....never had a recurrence...still doing great!!! Now that's a great Triple Negative Survivor Story...

  • dlb823
    dlb823 Member Posts: 2,701
    edited March 2013

    Sounds like that nurse is one of your guardian angels, lelela.  What a great story!  

  • moderators
    moderators Posts: 8,739
    edited March 2013

     lelela

    What a great story!

    Thanks for posting

  • proudtospin
    proudtospin Member Posts: 4,671
    edited April 2013

    guess I am anxious on this but it will be 5 years first week of May when I flunked my mamo~~ 3 lumpies and rads followed and my 5 years on aromasin will end end the of Dec

    but I am calling it 5 years now!

  • moderators
    moderators Posts: 8,739
    edited April 2013

    Congratulations, proudtospin! Milestones like this deserve more than just a day of celebration anyway - good to get an early start!  Smile

  • LifeIsGood17
    LifeIsGood17 Member Posts: 2
    edited April 2013

    I just passed 5 years since diagnosis and am doing very well! My huge triple negative tumor disappeared before my eyes during neoadjuvant chemotherapy and I was ecstatic to learn after surgery that I had a pathologic complete response to chemo. Treatment seemed endless at the time, but now seems like a small blip in my life. I've been told that recurrence is unlikely at this point, for which I am grateful. Life is definitely good!

  • soccermom
    soccermom Member Posts: 55
    edited April 2013

    10 years out in Oct. 2013! Congrats to all of us at all stages of the journey...just posted a question over in "moving on" about follow-up. Celebrate every day...

  • lkc
    lkc Member Posts: 183
    edited April 2013

    Lago, Yep did Herceptin!