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  • moderators
    moderators Posts: 8,636
    edited October 2014

    Sacnaillady, 14 years! Wonderful!!! Congrats!

  • navymom
    navymom Member Posts: 842
    edited October 2014

    5 years out as of May.  2 Grandsons born since dx.  Appreciating life.

  • moderators
    moderators Posts: 8,636
    edited October 2014

    Navymom, that is fantastic news! Thanks for sharing

  • lago
    lago Member Posts: 11,653
    edited October 2014

    Yay Navymom! So glad to see you too!

  • CassieCat
    CassieCat Member Posts: 863
    edited October 2014

    Please keep posting good news - it is so encouraging!!!

  • arissetiono
    arissetiono Member Posts: 1
    edited October 2014

    Tumor Mamae

    Jika banyak teman yang pernah mengalami peristiwa seperti saya silahkan berikan informasi ke kami....dengan senang hati kami banyak mengucapkan terima kasuh banyak sebelumnya. Akhir-akhir ini istri saya terkena tumor mamae stadium 2 dan dokter menyarankan untuk di operasi untuk pengangkatan payu dara.... apakah ada teman untuk menyarankan alternatif lain selain pengangkatan payu dara.......?? terima kasih atas informasi yang anda berikan...

    Translation: If a lot of friends who have experienced such events please give me information to us .... we are happy to say thank kasuh much much earlier . Lately my wife exposed mammary tumor stage 2 and the doctor advised for surgery for breast removal .... is there a friend to suggest alternatives to the removal of the breast ....... ?? thank you for the information you have provided ...

  • blueice2013
    blueice2013 Member Posts: 3
    edited October 2014

    Anybody knows or hears any story that the breast cancer patients did not take Tamoxifen but still survived more than 10 years?

  • lago
    lago Member Posts: 11,653
    edited October 2014

    Blueice2013 I am sure there are many. Tamoxifen I believe has been used for over 40 years. I'm sure there have been women who have survived that have not taken it. It does improve your chances though of both preventing both recurrence and getting a new breast cancer. You need to discuss your individual risk with your doctor. Family history will play a part in your risk as well as your age and other risk factors.

  • blueice2013
    blueice2013 Member Posts: 3
    edited October 2014

    Thanks for sharing your thought. 

  • dsgirl
    dsgirl Member Posts: 193
    edited October 2014

    bump

  • FireKracker
    FireKracker Member Posts: 5,858
    edited October 2014

    this week it will be 5 yrs.since I found my lump..

    Had biopsy,6 nodes removed,rads

    And

    Not takin any of the ALS

    Since I found the lump I have been lucky enuf to see 4 great grandchildren...

    I try to live every day as if it's the last.

  • moderators
    moderators Posts: 8,636
    edited October 2014

    Wonderful, FireKracker! Congrats! Any plans to celebrate?

  • FireKracker
    FireKracker Member Posts: 5,858
    edited October 2014

    no plans for a celebration 

    I'm tryin to ignore it.lol

  • 2nd_time_around
    2nd_time_around Member Posts: 14,084
    edited October 2014

    not sure if this counts....

    Today is 18 years since my first mx. Unfortunately, new dx Sept 2012 (new, different BC, not a recurrence); second mx was Halloween, 2012. 

    For me, celebrating every milestone is important. 

  • moderators
    moderators Posts: 8,636
    edited October 2014

    We think it counts!! Any milestone is definitely reason enough to celebrate!

  • racy
    racy Member Posts: 976
    edited October 2014

    I'm a bit early but I just marked 4 years since diagnosis last Monday. I think that is significant enough to give others hope.

    I had a lumpectomy, chemo, rads and take Letrozole. I stay close to my doctors. I have a happy life with no lasting side effects, but would have been happier without the experience ;(.

  • songbird68
    songbird68 Member Posts: 127
    edited October 2014

    Thanks Racy, for giving me hope:)

    x x

  • racy
    racy Member Posts: 976
    edited October 2014

    songbird, you have had lots of treatments and are now taking an AI. I am confident that you will be well! 

    God bless you :).

  • lago
    lago Member Posts: 11,653
    edited October 2014

    2nd_time_around

    18 F'n years and 5 years! Holy cow! It's all awesome. Seems your really good at kickin' cancer ass!

  • songbird68
    songbird68 Member Posts: 127
    edited October 2014

    I agree with Iago - 2nd_time_around, you are truly amazingly fantasticly awesome!

    Thank you for your kind words, and God bless you too, Racy.

    Have a lovely weekend gals:)

    x x

  • songbird68
    songbird68 Member Posts: 127
    edited October 2014

    Congratulations Firecracker!

    x x

  • jacksnana
    jacksnana Member Posts: 28
    edited October 2014

    Today is five years for me. Those first few weeks after being diagnosed were so overwhelming, but we get through it one day at a time, right? I'm so grateful for my faith, family and friends and for the wealth of knowledge, the support and encouragement always available to us on this site. Five years!!!    Veda

  • sandie1973
    sandie1973 Member Posts: 39
    edited October 2014

    Congratulations on your five years jacksnana :) Its only been five and a half months since I was diagnosed. Hope I will be able to post in five years time. This is such a terrifying journey to be on :( xx

  • jacksnana
    jacksnana Member Posts: 28
    edited October 2014

    Thanks Sandie! It is indeed a terrifying journey. In those early days (and beyond!) I had to remind myself to stay in the present and take things a day at a time (sometimes an hour at a time, ha!) and that seemed to help. All the best to you, see you here in five years!  Veda

  • songbird68
    songbird68 Member Posts: 127
    edited October 2014

    Congratulations on getting past the five year mark Veda! And thank you for taking time to post encouragement to everyone on this journey:)

    x x

  • songbird68
    songbird68 Member Posts: 127
    edited October 2014

    Sandie I'm about nine months ahead of you - see you in five years:) I really don't know how I would have coped if it hadn't been for this wonderful site, it's so full of support, knowledge and expertise.

    Thank you BCO and all you lovely ladies.

    x x

  • sandie1973
    sandie1973 Member Posts: 39
    edited October 2014

    Thanks Veda and Songbird68. Been scared today about the future, still can't believe this has happened to me especially when I feel well. I know the vast majority of women with BC are cured and it never comes back but its the not knowing if you are cured or not that is hard to cope with :( having to live your life not knowing if its going to return. Suppose its all about living in the present as the future is unknown even for people who never had cancer.

    Its my birthday on Thursday so have different things planned this week to celebrate it :)

    Anyway I am going to be positive and say see you both in 5 years time :)

  • jacksnana
    jacksnana Member Posts: 28
    edited October 2014

    Sandie and Songbird, it's so important to keep encouraging one another here. Those first months are so hard, for me getting through surgery and chemo wasn't the hard part at all (although it wasn't fun!), but I sure have struggled emotionally! So hang in there, I agree with Sandie, see you both here in 5 years!

  • Nash54
    Nash54 Member Posts: 699
    edited October 2014

    I so appreciate all the encouraging posts from those who are further along in this journey.  It gives me hope and encouragement that I will get thru this.

    Sandie1973....happy early birthday!  Do something fun.

  • sandie1973
    sandie1973 Member Posts: 39
    edited October 2014

    Thanks Nash54. Got a few things planned this week - meals out with friends tomorrow and Wednesday. Also going to cinema to watch babadook on wednesday, supposed to be scary to get me in the mood for halloween :) then thursday (my birthday) going out for a family meal. Then on halloween going on a ghostly tour around an old and haunted stately home.

    Nice to have something to look forward to before the horrors of surgery in a couples of weeks time :( xx

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