Good stage 3 story!! - Happy Holidays!!

mmm5

Hi Ladies

I am not stage 3 but read your posts often and have posted with many of you. You are a great group of ladies.

Anyway wanted to share a good stage 3 story for you the night before Christmas!

I got an email from my stepmom this am inviting me to a party for my stepaunt. She is celebrating her 25th cancer free year party this Saturday.

Here is her story...

Sherry was dxed when she was 40 with Stage 3 BC, 7 out of 12 nodes positive, large tumor.

She was ER positive but tamoxifen was not in the picture yet so she had a mastectomy (one side) and 6 months of chemo and thats it. Back in the day the Docs gave her less than a 50 percent survival. She just turned 65 had 4 grandkids and is retiring.

Invited to her party is my Stepmom (15 year survior of stage 2b 3 nodes) and their close friend 16 nodes 11 year survivor. They both state they only know one person personally that has died and that was my paternal aunt who had huge tumor 6 nodes and did not do chemo it was back in the day when they only believed in Tamox  for er positive cancer, this was a weird 6 month period 15 years ago. Anyway they have seen a lot and say that many  do well. We don't hear it because they are not online. None of these 3 women even know about BC.ORG.

BE WELL!!

kimber3006

What a lovely gift - thanks!  I can't get enough of these stories.

Pure

Thanks for that:))

caaclark

Love hearing stories like this!! Thanks!!!!

Gabrielle

You're an angel for posting that story - thanks and happy happy holidays!! 

amlg1

Love hearing those stories

lexislove

Great story!

I went Monday to the salon to get my eye brows tinted. Was telling the esthetician about how my eyebrows thinned out since finishing chemo.....she asked what kind of cancer.

She is a 15 + yr survivor. She cant remember the exact date anymore, only that it was the 80's. Mastectomy,chemo....thats it. She said it was big and ugly.

Celtic_Spirit

Excellent story! Thanks for sharing, mmm5!

tamlyn110

That is Great! Love these stories. Have a Great Holiday!

Sunflower64

Thanks for that great story. What a nice Christmas present. I need to hear those to keep me positive.

Have a wonderful holiday,

Diane

everyminute

Merry Christmas to you - tears in my eyes. 

AnacortesGirl

Thank you for thinking of us and sharing a great story.  Merry Christmas!

kim40

Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful story - especially at Christmas!  What a beautiful gift.

Bugs

Thanks for sharing!  Awesome!

SpunkyGirl

Thank you for sharing this!  It gives us what we need most-HOPE!

helena67

Thanks mmm5,

Be well, and Merry Christmas to all of you!

-Helena.

azs40

Tears in my eyes too...thanks for posting, and thank you to all the women on this board for sharing so much of themselves. Merry Christmas, and a happy and healthy 2010... 

diana50

love this story. thank you so much for sharing. tis the season for hope, faith and peace*** 

DCMom

mmm5- You are my Santa Claus this year.  Your story was such a gift.  I have had such a roller coaster of emotions today...thrilled to be cancer free...scared about possibilities...thrilled about possibilities...enjoying my kids...fearing for my kids.  I hope all of us will be back here in 25 years saying how few people we knew that died from breast cancer.

tchmuzik

Thanks so much for sharing - it always helps to hear these stories!!

 stephanie

KerryMac

Great story - gave me shivers down my spine!

ktn

I wish we all can have a party someday like that....how great to celebrate! thanks for a great story!

Anonymous

mmm5,  Very uplifting. Thanks for this.  It was a great Holiday Gift  

Anonymous

mmm5,  Very uplifting. Thanks for this.  It was a great Holiday Gift  

Pure

You should post this in the inspirational stories:) I oftn reread this when I am feeling down.

kimber3006

Pure - I added this to my favorites so I could reread it when I'm down, too.    I saved a couple of other similar posts and I have my "Positive Thoughts" journal.  It's just a list of the promising things in my treatment (like herceptin) and cards, notes and quotes that make me feel better, stronger, more hopeful.....

BonnieK

I just read this story for the first time today and wanted to say thank you for posting it!  Positive stories seem to be so much more rare than the negative ones and this story gave me such a boost this morning!  Thanks again.