5 year survivors, post your screen name here!

Moderators

Congratulations to all of you on your milestone anniversaries - inspiring!

sloyd66

This is very inspiring reading!! Cause when you hear the "C" word it's always initially associated with death. And although my own mother is 25yrs, she's like my blueprint that I can do it. Thanks ladies

barbe1958

Will be 5 years on December 10th. Don't want to forget to post, so I'm doing it a bit early....

lago

Congratulations BARBE!

Also so good to see you. I've only been able to keep up on a few threads these days. I miss your humor.

soriya123

Congrats Barbe1958! Thank you so much for posting.

ahdjdbcjdjdbkf

Yay Barbe, I'm interested to hear if any 5 year survivors have had any genuine recurrence scares and what happened. I'm living with it now.

Moremusic3

It's 17 years since the first cancer, with 8 lymph nodes affected, and 13 years since cancer in the other breast- no lymph nodes.

katyand4

Congrats to Barb and MoreMusic3! Wishing you many more years of continued health and happiness.

ziggypop

Wow. Congrats to all of you, looking forward to posting here in about 3 and a half years. Thanks to the moderators, y'all are terrific.

marlenet

Hi, I am a 5 year survivor!!!  

soriya123

Congrats Marlenet on your 5 yrs!  Thank you for checking in.  Wishing you many more yrs.

marlenet

thank you soriya123 !!!!!!!

celia088

Nine years and one month!!

Moderators

celia088, and all of you who post here to encourage others with your anniversaries, congratulations, and thank you, thank you, thank you!

soriya123

celia088, wow congrats on your 9 yrs & one month.  thank you for posting.  may you have many many more yrs .

ahdjdbcjdjdbkf

Love this forum. Looking forward to getting to my 2 year mark! :-) Thanks for the hope.

althea

Last week was my 9-year anniversary of dx.  My mom is also a bc survivor -- 33 years for her and her 86th birthday was last month. 

jojo68

CONGRATS, Althea! Did your mom have ILC as well?

cd1234

Hi Everyone,

Today marks the day 5 years ago that changed my life forever. On December 30, 2008, I went in for a mammogram because I found a very strange lump in my left breast. I was 37 years old, no family history, an avid runner, healthy eater...no reason to have breast cancer. My mammogram showed nothing, but luckily, my Obgyn scheduled me for an ultrasound as well. The ultrasound clearly showed a large mass. On January 15, 2009, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I was shocked to say the least. Anyhow, I am a few weeks early, but I have already began celebrating 5 years cancer free!!

Moderators

Congratulations everyone! Your celebrations of the end and beginning of a new year must seem extra sweet as they're tied to your anniversary. Thanks for sharing your news with all of us!

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NatsFan

I was dx 6 years ago today and I'm still here!  Happy New Year's to ME! 

soriya123

congrats althea, cd1234 and natsfan!! wishing you all many many more year!!!!  thank you for sharing.

flannelette

Done, done, done...(and I do knock on wood) almost finished  my 5 years of arimidex and that's it..........out in to the land of no arimidex. My onc says no proof that 10 yrs is better, yet, so she's now more concerned with cholesterol, bones, heart...must say it makes me a bit nervous, taking away the last support. I know it can take a distant clump of br ca cells a long time to grow enough to be seen - feels a bit mysterious. I'll start investigating things like DIM or indole 3 carbinol. the last few boxes of anastrozole are lying on the table, I'm a couple weeks to go till 5 years and not quite ready to put them away. they just sit there. not quite able to say the final goodbye. I used to be a pessimist. Br Ca changed me - I thank my gift of no nodes despite a huge tumour as my gift from the universe. I'm now a mostly happy optimist. and I love my short, choppy, beautifully silver hair. I like it better than my straight auburn jaw-length bob I had for oh - 40 years?

kim40

It is 5 years for me today!!!  Life is awesome!!

LizA17

Congrats Kim40!! 

soriya123

congrats flannelette and kim40!!!!

ahdjdbcjdjdbkf

Kim40, you're a star. Any advice for all of us? Did you get treated with Herceptin?

BethIsrael1010

How come you received breast implants reconstruction two times in 2/15/2013 and 7/9/2013 after your both side tissues surgery?  

I had finished two different types of FLAP surgeries in 10/28/2010 and 5/23/2011. Then I received  breast  implants reconstruction  surgery (both side) in 5/25/2012.  Now my both breast's size still look different. 

BethIsrael1010

How come you received breast implants reconstruction two times in 2/15/2013 and 7/9/2013 after your both side tissues surgery?  

I had finished two different types of FLAP surgeries in 10/28/2010 and 5/23/2011. Then I received  breast  implants reconstruction  surgery (both side) in 5/25/2012.  Now my both breast's size still look different. 

Jasminn

5 years today...yippeeeeeee!