5 year survivors, post your screen name here!
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MaryLW,
17years that is awesome and so nice to hear thank you for sharing..0 -
Five years for me--diagnosed in May 2008. So grateful for the wonderful women and men on this site who give so generously of their time, experience, and kindness.
Where would we be without the kindness of strangers?
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septembersong, congratulations on your five year milestone! This wonderful community helps so many, and those who start as supportive strangers become friends and sisters.
• The Mods
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5 years from date of dx for me. At the end of September, I will be meeting 6 of my chemo sisters from the "Chemo in Sept 08" group. We have rented a cabin in the Smokey Mountains of Tennessee for 6 days and will celebrate our 5 yr Cancerversary in person! Thank you BC.org for bringing these amazing women into my life!
Juli
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Congratulations!!!!!!
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Juli50, what a great way to celebrate. Congratulations!
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Juli that sounds awesome!! Make sure to take lots of pictures to post here!
Congrats to you all!
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Almost 5 years to the day, I received the news that the cancer had mets to liver and lung.
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Congratulations Rozann! See you in 5 years posting on the 10 year thread.
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This is awsome! Reading this thread made me have hope to see my two beautiful kids (11 & 7 )grow up. Thank you ladies!
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Just passed 8 years mark on 7th of this month. Actually I forgot about it until I saw this thread.
To those who were newly diagnosed, especially those who had positive lymph nodes, do NOT worry. It's not a death sentence. I did have a couple but here I am. Cancer free both physical and emotional wise. Been working full time since my diagnosis, been on holidays in overseas a few times since my last treatment! Even got a chance to see a girl from these boards twice even though we literally were thousands miles away from each other (she's in Dallas TX and I'm in Japan). You will be where I am soon before you even know it!
A couple of pictures from our meet-up!
Doing the Geisha makeover!
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Nowheregirl,
Beautiful pics...And congrats on eight years an many more..0 -
nowheregirl so good to see you. Big hugs and congratulations!
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8 years for me with 3 positive nodes and a 4cm tumour!
Life is pretty good:)
Michele
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Curly locks,
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Sometimes I wish we had a "LIKE" button! Huge congrats to the 8-year gals, and thanks for posting!
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what meds are you currently on ?
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Almost there - getting anxious about the upcoming 5-year check ups. Hope it's okay to post as I'm glad to see the support beyond this milestone. Keeping optimistic and positive.
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Congrats to all!
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Diagnosed on April 20th, 2006 which happed to be my Birthday.♥ I am now 7 years and almost 3 months out.
My mother was diagnosed triple negative in September 1999 at age 69 years old....she is now 83 years old. She was stage 2a and had no lymph nodes involved. Had chemotherapy, radiation, and lumpectomy.0 -
rumoret,
Thanks for sharing your story. So good to hear these testimonials of women who live long and well beyond their treatment for breast cancer. Happiness and good health to you both.
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Congratulations to all of you! Your stories inspire smiles that last and last. Thank you.
• The Mods
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Over 6 years since I was diagnosed for me. Still on Femara
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Over 5 years for me, and although I'm staying on Femara for another 5 years (which I'm 'happy' with), life is good again. Have seen 3 grandchildren born since dx, enjoying travelling (working thro' the places on my bucket list) and generally feeling good and enjoying life.
Still won't throw out the wig or hospital bag though! Don't want to tempt providence.
Good luck to those just dx. The treatment can be harsh but it's sooooooooo worth it.
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aussieched and maltomlin,
Can you tell me why your oncologists decided to keep you on Femara? That decision will come up for me in January, and my dr. is ambivalent right now. I'd like a break to see if my joints get some relief from being off it.
maltomlin, I'm with you--the wig is sitting in the back of a closet, just to avoid tempting fate.
Please PM me if you see this so we don't highjack this awesome thread.
Thanks both!
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5 years for me earlier this year (March 9th). In some ways this after treatment time (I finished arimidex last October) is harder than the the last 5 years have been. I don't really have a sense of what to expect, what the "usual" follow up is. I suppose I'll adapt eventually. . . .
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Bump
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10 years, Stage IIIb. Almost 8 years, Stage IV. Can't believe I'm still here 18 years later, with what at the time, was a horrible prognosis. Very grateful to all the doctors who've made this possible and sticking my tongue out to the surgeon who told me to get my affairs in order in 1996.
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Leggo,
You deserve a big congrats....0 -
Congrats Leggo!!! I'm happy to hear!!!
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