Do I count it as 3 or 2 years

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dawn2203
dawn2203 Member Posts: 119
edited June 2014 in Life After Breast Cancer
Do I count it as 3 or 2 years
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  • dawn2203
    dawn2203 Member Posts: 119
    edited October 2008

    Hi to all you bc sisters. I have been a member for some months now and this site as really helped me to understand bc more than any leaflets the doctors give out. Only you bc sisters truly understand the different feelings and emotions that overcome any woman or man diagnosed with bc. I found my lump 3 years ago but was told it was not cancer, then 2 years ago a routine mammogram confirmed the lump was malignant. My question is am I a 2 year survivor or 3 year survivor.

    love to you all.  Dawn.x

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  • gsg
    gsg Member Posts: 3,386
    edited October 2008

    We all have different yardsticks for this.  Some count from the end of treatment, some count from diagnosis...in your case it might be from "misdiagnosis," since obviously the cancer was there, others count from the day of surgery when the cancer was removed.    I'm all over the place on it and never have a pat answer, although lately, when asked, I find myself saying "I finished treatment 2 years ago." 

     Sorry I couldn't be more specific for you.  It's a gray area for me.

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  • BMac
    BMac Member Posts: 650
    edited October 2008

    I find this confusing as well.  I asked my ovarian cancer onc this question and she said she counts from the end of all treatments, so I'm 5 years out from that diagnosis.  If you count from surgery I'm 6.

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  • NaughtybyNature
    NaughtybyNature Member Posts: 1,448
    edited October 2008

    I would say... 2 year survivor... when U actually had the diagnosis and, my favorite, you survived the news.

    Happy 2nd year anniversary.

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