Success Stories!

Carmelle

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nan_j

7 year anniversary today.  

Stage II, multifocal, node positive.

hopeful34

Congrats nan_j!  I love hearing success stories. 

marlenet

Congratulations nan_j !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nevo84

Love this thread and excited how this is active for such a long time. My uncle's wife was dx about ten years ago at 35. She had two tumors in right breast with nodes involvement and another tumor in left breast. She is planning for her next ten years.

My mom's friend was dx 12 years ago with nodes involvement. She had chemo, rads and mastectomy. She is doing really fine.

When we are in hospital for my mothers mastectomy a nurse came to her and told her sister I am 14 years survivor with nodes involvment. I'm doing just fine... 

toni30

This is a great thread - thanks!  I have a co-worker who had a mast 15 years ago (at age 55) and she is doing great today - happy and positive.  Hugs to everyone.

heathermcd

When  I first came to BCO this was the only thread I could look at without bawling my eyes out. This thread is what gave me hope. Today I met a 17 - year BC survivor. She came to talk to me at work and just wanted to share as a side note that she never thought she would live past the 5 year mark. She was triple negative. She now lobbies congress for money for breast cancer research!

Carmelle

Hi heather...see our stats r similar. glad u found this thread! is still read from time to time.

marlenet

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Maureen813

My grandmother had BC when she was 20 yrs. old. She had mastectomy, radical in those days. I think it was referred to the Halston procedure?  Anyway, no recon back then (1920's), met a man, had two children, traveled the world and lived till she was 93 yrs. young.  No chemo/no rads just the removal.  I do remember her with the sleeves she would replace every year religiously.  I wish I could talk to her today, I admire her.

heathermcd

Maureen - Thank you so much for sharing about you grandmother. As someone also diagnosed in their 20's my biggest fear is not living a long full life! I so appreciate your story!!

DivineMrsM

Having just begun my journey, these stories are providing inspiration and hope...I try to read several pages whenever I have time.....thanks to all posters.

Dominika

Carmelle: i have similar diagnosis as Yours.  on May 26 i'm going to celebrate my first anniversary but really envy You to have so many happy years after diagnosis. I'm praying to God that it will happen to me too. I'm only 27 and really would like to see my little boy growing up. He's only two now.

Carmelle

thx dominika...i was 35 with lump, 38 at diagnosis with two babes 1 and 3. it was very hard. put your head down, get through treatment, be easy on yourself. hugs.

It will be 8 years for me Mar 7.

Nico1012

Most deserving of a BUMP!

Dominika

kriskat

Wow! These stories are so encouraging.  I am just starting my journey and was feeling down!  Glad to find this thread!

marlenet

Someone here at work-well his mother had breast cancer and lived to be 95!  She was 45 at the time she found out.

beacon800

My great aunt had bc when she was 53.  This was in the early 1960s and the treatments were rudimentary.  She had mastectomy and I imagine it was a big one since they did things like that back then.  Anyhow, she lived til age 83 and I am sure she would have lived longer except she was a lifetime smoker.  She had a great life, played golf with her friends and was quite well up til the time she died.  It can  be done!

Carmelle

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msphil

Hello ALL, I am a 17 year cancer survivor(Praise the LORD), I was diagnosed in the middke of planning my 2nd wedding and my Fiancee(now my HUSBAND) stuck by me and I had the opportunity to have a Lumpectomy but was also told back then my  chances for reocurrence would be higher,  SO I opted for Mastectomy(L), and I have been cancer free since, with Lots Of Prayers, Lots of HOPE, and Lots of Postive thinking, I,m here and I pray for US ALL each day as you are Family.  God Bless .msphil

marlenet

Congratulations msphil! 

hope-is-all-i-have

Hi all

I am my mothers mouthpiece here. My mom was diagnosed in Feb 2009 and consequently she went through mastectomy-chemo-radiation and is now on hormonal therapy since March 2010. She had NED on her first PET-CT scan back in April 2010. Yay! Now, we have another one scheduled this April. So yes, its been positive all the way through and she is feeling healthy, though there are joint pains.

I do not know if you guys know about this fairly recent development in cancer research. It looks promising. here are the links:

David Agus: A new strategy in the war on cancer

Danny Hillis: Understanding cancer through proteomics

regards..and keep fighting!  

Carmelle

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Aussie-Sharon

Great thread, added previously but back again...coming up to 9 years since diagnosis this year!

I am now 49 my boys have grown into young men and both qualified tradesmen now. 

Brad and I are looking forward to many more years of adventures together and I'll be back next year for my big 10 year since diagnosis and my 50th Birthday!!! I don't mind birthdays at all so 50 won't be oh no I'm getting so old for me, it'll be WOW 50 that's great, looking forward the next 50.

 Stay well everyone and all the best.

Sharon

ToriGirl

Thank you Aussie Sharon...I can't wait to be where you are so I can come back here and share!  God bless you!

Tori 

Carmelle

great news aussie sharon!

jezza

Have also posted on here some time back.

I passed my 19 year mark in January. This is a great thread Carmelle.

Haven't needed to have my implants changed either. I had no idea they would last this long!

jezza

marlenet

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