Stage IIb and 5+ years out, anyone?
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Good for you cathy67. I was very compliant about taking my hormonal meds post surgery. Still see my MO but now on yearly after last one and a couple of spots they were watching but so far so good. Keep up the good work and best wishes!!
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cathy67… the best advice I can give is to live. We have done SO much in these last 10.5 years. So many travels and life experiences and planning. There was a feeling for a fleeting moment like we should pause and just slow down—but we didn’t. We bought a new house. Got a dog. Planned trips. Looking back, we can’t imagine not doing those things. So plan. Do. Live.
God bless
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bcincolorado,
Yes, my doctor mentioned a few times, if everything shows normal, I shall back to 1 year routine. Last year's routine back biopsy, that is why I am still on 6 months routine, hopefully I join 1 year club soon.
Thanks.
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colt45,
Thanks! Plan and do it. Yes, we also just bought a new place, and I will plan lots of things, to live.
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hi there! I am 9 years since diagnosis however recently received a result from my annual breast MRI which has scared me
BONES AND SOFT TISSUES: There is a 5 mm focus of enhancement with T2 bright signal in the 5th or 6th anterior right rib, not definitely seen previously.
New right anterior 5th or 6th rib 5 mm enhancing focus. High T2 signal is reassuring, although etiology is unclear. Depending on risk of recurrence, consider CT/bone scan correlation. If not seen, consider six-month follow-up MRI.
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I'm so excited to be able to post on this thread that has brought me comfort over the years. At my last oncologist appointment, my doctor said, it's been a couple of years, why don't we go ahead and do a scan. UGH, I didn't want to get a scan, I felt fine and all my bloodwork has been good, but once she said that, I had to do it, because if I didn't and something happened later, I'd have regrets.
This past week I survived the most intense scanxiety and had a chest/pelvis/abdomen CT scan. I tell you what, it doesn't get easier! I think it almost gets worse! In my brain I think, has my 'luck' run out, is this the end.
Wednesday morning at 7:11am, I got my results via my chart and the top line said:
No Evidence of Metastatic Disease.
Yay! Happy five years to me!
This year I've been working hard on allowing myself to be happy. In my head, I call it radical happiness. Over the last few years I've felt like if I allow myself to live life and be happy then the cancer might come back. I know it's not logical but it's a mental thing I have to fight against. Can anyone else relate?
One of the ways I've been working on my radical happiness is that I started writing romance novels. My first book was published in January and it features a breast cancer survivor and BRCA-1 haver who finds love with a chef.
Let's keep this thread going! Stage 2B unite!
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