Stage 3 triple negative survivors over 3 years out

Not stage 3..but with tn..and some studies not sure it matters..any way...I'm 2 1/2 years out..I have this study I keep with me..it is totally based on Asian women but does it really matter?  Maybe, maybe not..anyway..at 30 months out a tn is at the median of the er-pr pluses...our risk continues to go down..their's goes up...

3 years out next March...I hope I make it there..but I feel good right now...

Thanks Shirlann...for your continuing support of us...you check in now and then and we certainly appreciate it..more you can possibly know..thanks!

Almost 10 years for me.  I was dx at age 45.

I am three years out as of July.  Living in hope for many more years of life,

I will be four years this February.  I had one grape sized possitive node and at least 4 others that they could see on scans.  I did chemo before my axillary node disection so there's no way to know how many total nodes were possitive.  It could have been many, many more.  After chemo, only one tiny pin point worth of cancer in one node and none in my breast.

Nearly 4 years. I did a lot of chemo and I know that did so much for me.  Then low fat, try to avoid alchohol and exercise.  Also have had my D levels checked and take D3 supplements.

Blessings and hugs to all of my sister. 

Momx5boys I am SO SO SO happy for you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

4 yrs, 8 mos, 7 days here.

I am 3 years NED stage 2B. All the best and positive energy to you!

Just stage IIb, but with 4/14 nodes, and the day before Thanksgiving will be my three year mark.  So far, so good, and three years without a problem is good for a TNBC person.  We can and should do everything in our ability to get well and stay well, but there aren't any guarantees, so I will say that each and every one of us should decide what is important and fit that in in the short term.  If a bus hit me tomorrow I wouldn't be angry, but I was plenty angry when I heard the bad news and had put off too much for too long.

I hope that made some sense to someone.  Enjoy your Thanksgiving!

  

I too am like you.  I am a TNS diagnosed 8 years 2 weeks ago on the left size stage 2 grade 3.  Went through lumpectomy, 6 rounds of chemo and 7 weeks of radiation.  Still cancer free on that side althought I was just was diagnosed on the right side with TNS.  This time they are calling it stage 1, grade 3 but will know more after surgery on the 29th.  I decided this time to do the bi-lateral mastectomy but will still need to do 4 rounds of chemo and not sure on radiation until we get pathology report back.  Personally I never expected them to tell me I had the same thing on the other side I always worried about the same side.  I was 36 with the first diagnosis and now 44 with second diagnosis.  Going to fight this all the way then will do my rebuild.  Scared out of my mind right now as I dont know how I will cope with losing them.  Some people are ok with it but i'm terrified.

Thanks for the encouragement from all of these stories.  I am at the beginning of my journey.  Stage IIIA Triple Negative with 7/10 lymph nodes.  Had a bilateral mastectomy on October 20th and start chemo on Dec 2nd.  I am up for the challenge!  It's great to hear your survivor stories.

So sorry bak94,

When I was diagnosed I had had three weeks of vacation in nine years.  During that time, I'd spent 3 1/2 years looking after my Dad with squamous cell carcinoma, spent 3 1/2 years mostly apart from my sweetheart while he took custody of his daughter when her Mom went homeless, and spent a couple of months at home with a badly broken foot and lost my Mom to a stroke after a couple of hard months of nonrecovery, and I was really angry at the hand I had been dealt.  In short, I hadn't had much fun in a long while, and I'd had a whole lot of obligations.  I'm still paying off the debt accrued while seeing my Dad through when he could not work before he died eight years ago.  I'm almost done with that, and it was as much as my student loans.

I didn't go off the deep end.  I have had a vacation every year since I finished treatment because I didn't want to be bitter if things didn't work out for me.  But every trip was paid before we went.  I trimmed back all excess and made it happen without going into debt to do it.  I worked through all of my treatment, only taking off the worst days.  My point was not to put off everything to later if you don't know if you have a later.  Not to break the bank.  I always wanted to be gardening years from now with a long grey braid down my back.  Now that looks like it may be possible, and I like that.  Life gets better after cancer.  I married my longtime sweetie a year ago on the beach in St. Thomas.  We celebrated our 1st Anniversary in Alaska this year.  Very good, but we save all year for that special trip each year.  In between, we have a good time without buying stuff we don't need.  Good luck to you.

It's best if we all take care of ourselves now and look toward the future.  Most of us survive, you know.             

bak94,

You can finish school even online if need be.  An education is never wasted, and being out and about and interracting is good for recovery.  So continue if you enjoy it.

I'm glad you are recovering financially even while facing more medical costs.  I was weird.  I felt the downturn in the economy coming in late 2005/early 2006.  That was when I started cutting costs, and within a year I had cut out hundreds of dollars a month.  I spent nothing that didn't need to be spent.  That saved me, literally.  It wasn't hard.  I cancelled the newspaper and magazine subscriptions and book clubs.  I cut back the cable TV.  The telephone.  I get my prescriptions by mail now at a huge discount.  I started up a health care savings account at work, pre-tax.  Refinanced the house at a lower interest rate.  Fired the pool dude, and now we do that ourselves.  I can't say all of it in a minute, but it was a savings on everything across the board after looking at every single thing and deciding if it was necessary.  Now we save, and can manage a vacation.

Get well, my friend!          

Happy 3 Year Yellowdoglady!! Sounds like you have had a very rough go of it! Sending you a warm hug and good thoughts that "happy" is becoming part of your world!

Happy Thanksgiving tomorrow!!