3 years today!

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cmb35
cmb35 Member Posts: 1,106
edited June 2014 in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

Three years ago today I had my last chemo treatment. Three years ago today, I could barely get out of bed and was on narcotics for the pain for almost a week after the infusion. (Yes, I was one of the lucky few that had a terrible reaction to the taxol.) What I really love, is that in many ways it seems like a lifetime ago, and today, I can honestly say I feel strong and whole again.

OK, well, there is some lingering neuropathy, lymphedema and bone/joint pain, but the chemo brain helps me forget about it! Tongue out

And hey, I'm almost 3 1/2 years from dx date - woo hoo!

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  • g94u67
    g94u67 Member Posts: 436
    edited October 2008

    Awesome!  Congratulations on your 3 yr. anniversary!

    I'm also a TN sista set to have my lumpectomy & lymph node removal next week. I'm 1/2 done w/chemo. This last TX kicked my butt but my tumor is gone and so is my lymph gland.

    Wishing you continued health & happiness,

    Jeannine

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  • LisaSDCA
    LisaSDCA Member Posts: 2,230
    edited October 2008

    WooHooo!

    You rock! Feeling strong and whole again is massively better than the narcotics and pain. Celebrate!

    Lisa

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  • cmb35
    cmb35 Member Posts: 1,106
    edited October 2008

    Jeannine - what great news, and I love your picture, the smiles are so bright. Good luck with your surgery, I had a lump, then a re-excision and SNB, and finally a full AND. (Kind of wish I had switched over to Dana Farber when the result of the lump was cancer, as I would only have had 2 surgeries, not 3, but hindsight is 20/20 I guess.) In any event, I hope your surgery goes well, and that the rest of the chemo is manageable for you.

    Lisa - thanks friend, I look for your beautiful pictures every time I log on, they give me such a sense of peace, and sometimes I even recognize them! (I'm from the Northeast :-)

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  • nosurrender
    nosurrender Member Posts: 2,019
    edited October 2008

    Coleen girl! I almost missed this!

    CONGRATULATIONS MY FRIEND!!!!!

    LYMI!

    g

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  • cmb35
    cmb35 Member Posts: 1,106
    edited October 2008

    Gina - hey babycakes, been back online again lately (crazy busy with work, so of course ADD girl suddenly needs to check out what's happening at bco, I love to operate under pressue when I have a deadline :-), haven't been to your neck of the woods, but just directed a newbie TN your way... xoxoxxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo cmb

    PS. Have my consult for PBM next week, but with surgeon, not PS, who is the one I'm really interested in talking to. Like I'm going to question the surgeon on how he does the mast? LOL Hello? I was a psych major, I pretty much have to believe he knows what he's doing!

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  • FloridaLady
    FloridaLady Member Posts: 2,155
    edited October 2008

    Congratulations Lady! Yes! a good uplifting story I so need one lately...

    I hope you celebrated long and hard:)

    Flalady

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  • HollyHopes
    HollyHopes Member Posts: 497
    edited October 2008

    Congratulations Colleen - I am so proud of you and so happy for you. Your story gives all of us hope!!

    Love from Holly 

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  • JerseyMom
    JerseyMom Member Posts: 46
    edited October 2008

    Super congratulations to you.

    I was under the impression that the '3 years' calculation is from Dx time. Did not realise it was from the time you finish Tx.....I was anxiously waiting for this Dec (to finish two years from Dx).....but now I have to wait till July to reach the two year mark :-(

    -Ren 

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  • danix5
    danix5 Member Posts: 755
    edited October 2008

    Congratutlations Colleen!  Yeah, I am glad it seems so far away and you are doing so much better!

    Dani

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  • KPolasek
    KPolasek Member Posts: 184
    edited October 2008

    We are all whoo hoooooing with 'ya!  I can't wait until I can say the same!

    What do we count the 3 years from?  The dx?  The last chemo?  Or the last radiation treatment?  I guess I could count them all and celebrate each one :o)

    Kay

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  • cmb35
    cmb35 Member Posts: 1,106
    edited October 2008

    Dani - just posted on your anniversary thread - too funny!

    FlaLady - yes, it's amazing how our stories impact each other here isn't it? We pull together for our sisters in need, and we are uplifted by our sisters who are doing well. There was a conversation about this elsewhere, but I do think that primarily being a woman's disease, bc survivors are an incredibly nurturing and supportive group.

    Holly - thanks, and I love your picture!

    Ren - I never know either, I guess for me the last chemo was so huge, that it sticks in my mind. Technically, I think the official anniversary date is from dx date, not end of treatment. So I was a 3 year survivor in May 2005. I would definitely say you're at the 2 year mark in December - congrats girl!

    Kay - I'm a big whoohoooer, so right back atcha!

    And yes, for all of us, many, many anniversaries to come!!!!

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  • g94u67
    g94u67 Member Posts: 436
    edited October 2008

    Thank you Colleen!

    Hearing positive uplifting stories such as your is SUCH an inspiration.  This chemo is STILL nauseating me but NOT defeating me! 

    Thank you for the warm wishes for my surgery.  I just found out why I need to be there 4 hours early for pre-op...  2 surgeries! After all I've been through already, it'll be a breeze...

    God Bless,

    Jeannine

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  • dalycity
    dalycity Member Posts: 248
    edited October 2008

    Hey, that's great! Here's a BIG hug to you! Congratulations and do happy nacky (sp?) dance!

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