Stage III Cancer Survivors ...Five + Years and Out.
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Today is four years since that phone call. Looking forward to five, then many, many more.
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Many here have donated . Thank you !........Wandering around and cheerleading again
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sbelizabeth...congrats on four years and cheering you on to many many more!! You're such a wonderful encourager and so knowledgable...grateful for you!!
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selizabeth
This is really good news. Looking forward to hearing about lots more good things coming your way.
Agree with all hopefour says, you have encouraged me when those dark clouds come rolling in.
Thanks!
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- congratulations wonderful news seafiver
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congrats you two. So proud of you guys and your positive attitude. Hope to join you in 4 years. It means a lot for those that come back and share. So many thanks!
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I'm coming up on 2 years since diagnosis this week. Sometimes it feels like a distant memory, other times it feels very raw still. I'd like to really move on with my life and put cancer behind me, is there any advice on this from any long term stage 3'ers? As much as I love this website, I wonder if it keeps me from moving forward?
Anyway, just hoping for some insights
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tangandchris.....I'm 9+ years since diagnosis and I still visit bco. I don't come as often as I did in the early days. I've made some good friends here at bco from treatment days.....cyber friends and friends I've met in person.....I like coming back and seeing how people are doing. its also nice to share that there is "life after breast cancer" and that even stage 3'ers can live long lives. I volunteer with 2 major breast cancer groups...for me its a way of paying back....Don't get me wrong...I still have my moments,and I'm not the same person I was before diagnosis, but I don't think bco holds me back. Feel free to message me if you ever want to chat. Karen
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Congratulations to you ladies! Milestones are so important.
Karen, our diagnosis are very similar. It's great to see you doing so well.
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Thanks Jillian777....You are coming up on 11 years...you doing well?
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Thank you so much Seaflyer for your message of hope and I love your tips!! I was diagnosed at 32 a year ago and can't tell you how much it helps to read of other young women like yourself doing so well!!! May you have many more years of good health ahead xx
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Karen1956, YES, I am doing very well! I am still taking Femara and will stay on it for the foreseeable future. I am just thankful to have it. It may only be a security blanket for me at this point but it helps me to know I am still doing something.
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amazing so good to see results like this
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I just want to jump in and say I know someone who is 10 or 11 years out - stage 3.
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I'd like to jump in and say I know somebody almost 13 years, stage 3...
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Is it someone wickedly funny, that we don't hear from very often, from NC
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Probably!
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I was diagnosed with IDC 3c with lymph node involvement in September, whenever I feel discourage I log on and read this thread. Thank you ladies for sharing. This thread renews my faith and helps me push through the rough days
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I am six years out from diagnosis. Yay! But I wish there was more recurrence/survival data out there beyond 5 years. My beautiful kids are now 12 and 11....and I have so much work yet
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congrats karody. So glad you are healthy for those kids. Our diagnosis are similar. Many Thanks for posting.
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5 1/2+ years from diagnosis. Justvhad my 5 years on an aromatase inhibitor visit with the MO...he said I get to stay on it another 5 or more...
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yahoo Linda kr. Wishing you many more 5 year celebrations. Thanks for sharing. It helps us newbies so much!
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Congrats Lindakr and Karody!
Thank you so much survivors for Coming back to this site to post. I have been going to the 10yr thread and stumbled on this one and have added it to my favorites. I can come to either site when down and when I need encouragement.
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tomorrow 7 year suvivor
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pmm....Congrats on 7 years!!! Wishing you many more years times 7 celebrating NED. Karen
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Pmm10414, LIKE! LIKE! LIKE! I can't find the darn button here. LIKE!
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Pmm10414, Yay! You!!!! congrats!
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pmm. So great to hear. Thank you for coming back to share.
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awesome!
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Five years ago, I came to this site to seek hope. I was diagnosed with stage III Breast Cancer less than a year after I was declared perfectly healthy, following examination, mammogram and sonogram. I was shell shocked. Today, I want to give that hope to others. I have passed the 5 year mark and I am still here. Lot of things happened to me during that time, some good, some very bad: I had lost my mother during my treatment and lost my husband to cancer, he was diagnosed exactly a year after I was and passed away almost three years ago, but I also had wonderful, happy moments - I welcomed the birth my four grandchildren, I travelled extensively during the last 2 years and always enjoyed and cherished friends and family.
Life is good now and I'm looking forward to the next 5 years, and then the next, and so on.Like Karody, I also wish there was more information about survival past 5 years, especially with ILC and yes every ache and pain brings somefear, but I try to live in here and now and make the time count.
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