How could I ever have foreseen...that I'd be here at year eighteen?!
Checking in on my survivor sisters with my traditional cancerversary post. I remember how much it used to help me when I saw posts from Stage III-ers who were WAY out from diagnosis (and there weren't as many back then),
Here's wishing you HOPE, which is one of the most important things we have in our toolbox!
Hugs to all - Julie
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Hi Julie,
Congratulations. I’m past year 7 now. Hoping to do as well as you. Thank you for giving hope and support.
Karen x
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Ohmigosh!!!! Congratulations and thank you so much for coming back! Hope I can do the same one day :)
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Congratulations Julie. Always great to hear from long term survivors, even for people like me, who never thought I’d reach 7 years post diagnosis. Long may life continue! ❤️
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Thank you so much Julie ❤️ I so love seeing all your posts. You have made a big difference to me x
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Julie, your message of hope and support is incredibly inspiring. Congratulations, and thanks for sharing! 💖
The Mods
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Hi, Julie, nice to "see" you after all these years. I do remember how hopeful I felt reading your posts when I was first diagnosed. Thank you. In October it will be 13 years for me, and now I have many days when I don't give breast cancer a single thought. It's a tiny mouse in the corner of my living room that squeaks from time to time, instead of the elephant stomping around wrecking furniture that it was in 2011! Blessings—SB
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sbelizabeth - good to "see" you too! Never thought we'd prefer mice to elephants 😁 Life is full of surprises, right?
Hugs, Julie
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Thank you so much for your messages of hope. The elephant is still there for me since I'm only two years out but with a grade 3 I am pretty happy regardless since I know that the two year mark means something with grade 3's. Either way though I look forward to that elephant leaving to be replaced by the mouse :)
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hey @kaynotrealname, I hadn’t heard about the two year / grade 3 thing before. That’s interesting. can you tell me more?
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"Grade 3 breast cancer has a high risk of recurrence, and the risk is highest in the first few years after treatment. A study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology found that the rate of recurrence for all breast cancers is highest in the first five years after diagnosis, with the risk being highest between the first and second years."
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Kay, do you have a link for this article? One thing I will say about grade 3 is that grade 3 responds to chemo very well.
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Don't have a specific link for that one but here's one that says relatively the same thing - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5327605/#:~:text=There%20was%20a%20significant%20correlation%20between%20histological,early%20recurrence%20compared%20to%20very%20late%20recurrence.
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Hi Julie,
So happy to see you and congratulations on hitting 18.
I'm at the 19 year and living in profound gratitude
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Julie…….
Congratulations on 18……so fantastic!!!!! Love seeing the old timers continue to post and update.
I hit 20 years in late May…….I'm with lkc…….living in profound gratitude;)))))
Jacqueline
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ikc and jacqueline - so wonderful to see you guys! Great to know you're still traveling the journey along with me.
megnani90 - I think you are a robot and have reported your post to the moderators.
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Just marked 19 years on Monday since I heard those horrid words. I've been blessed to see so many milestones with my children and husband (high school and college graduations, wedding, grandchild). Thankfully, regarding BC, I'm still dancing with NED, though I do have other health issues and a second cancer that is stable but not in remission. I don't know if I ever imagined living so many years! I've made friends with several gals here on BCO who are also 19 and 20 years since diagnosis and living life NED. We've gotten to see each other's children grow up. There is life after BC.
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