Long term survivor examples.

yellowdoglady

Good for her! My hair came back very different. I called it poodle hair. I hated it. But when I see the photos now, it looked really different but good on me. My hair is now halfway down my back again, and it is not the same color as before, but it is behaving as I remembered before.

Kayrem

Hi. Just dropped in to say I passed my 10 year since diagnosis on June 30. I was diagnosed at the age of 46 with stage 3, 4 nodes positive, triple negative breast cancer. After a lumpectomy and treatment found out I had a Brca 1 mutation so I had a some prophylactic surgeries and am doing well. I saw my oldest graduate grade 12 and have done a lot of great living with purpose! Take care everyone and stay safe

cookie54

Woohoo Kayrem!!!!! So happy to hear from a fellow TNBC sister who is thriving. It gives me great hope as I am restarting my clock after a recurrence. Thank you for popping in and giving us all the hope we need. Congrats to you and happy to hear you are living life with a purpose. Be well.

Kayak2

Another 10 year survivor / thriver here. There are SO MANY of us! We just don't post any more. Some pop in here on a yearly basis just to say hi. Hang in there. One day it will be you posting your long term stats!

tibet1

hi Yellowlady, what kind of treatment did you get? I read you are doing Mamograph each year? Did you have lumpectomy? thanks,

Fiercer

9 years out! Keep pushing forward

Maryjv

thank you Fiercer

SJSmith52

In 6 months I will be a 5 year TNBC survivor. My cancer was stage 1, no lymph node involvement. I received radiation but no chemo or pills. I worry that the lack of more treatment increases my chance of recurrence. I am 69 years old, no family history of cancer

yellowdoglady

Hi tibet1,

Today I am 13 years from TNBC diagnosis. Yay! I had a lumpectomy and axillary lymph node dissection. Four of the fourteen lymph nodes were affected, so the dx was Stage IIB. I did six rounds (18 weeks) of chemotherapy with Taxotare and Cytoxin, then daily radiation for seven weeks. Yes, a mammogram every year, and more often if there are any changes detected. And Prolia for bone density. So far, all is well.

I recently learned from my aunt that we do in fact have a family history of BC. My great great grandmother had BC in the 1920s. She was treated with radium, and lived into her 80s. I had no idea.