Today is my 5 year cancerversary

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  • roxy42
    roxy42 Member Posts: 495
    edited December 2009

    I'm doing the happy dance.I just had my 2 and a half year checkup...I'm still NED I had nodes too congratuations.......Have a merry christmas......godbless roxy

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  • maryannecb
    maryannecb Member Posts: 1,453
    edited December 2009

    Another year to celebrate. Here is to many more! Cheers.

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  • Erika09
    Erika09 Member Posts: 145
    edited December 2009

    THIS IS SO GREAT FOR YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!AND FOR US JUST DIAGNOSED AND THE ONES ALREADY FIGHTING!!!! BE HAPPY AND ENJOY LIFE!

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  • JacquelineG
    JacquelineG Member Posts: 282
    edited December 2009

    Kim, you are wonderful and always give me SO MUCH HOPE!!!

     Congratulations to you!!!!!!!!!!!!!

     Jackie

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  • janie44
    janie44 Member Posts: 1,460
    edited December 2009
    Hooray KIM!!!!!!
     
    Welcome to the Five Year Club !!!!
     
    Congrats!
     
    Hugs,    Janie
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  • kimf
    kimf Member Posts: 334
    edited December 2009

    Thanks everyone!!!!  I think of you all every day and know you are with me, too. Hoping all of you join the 5 yr NED club! It feels great. oxoxo

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  • Gabrielle
    Gabrielle Member Posts: 73
    edited December 2009

    I'm a day away from my 10 year anniversary.  Feels good and scary at the same time.  Best wishes to all and many years of good health.

     Gabrielle

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  • kimf
    kimf Member Posts: 334
    edited December 2009

    CONGRATULATIONS Gabrielle! That's awesome! Thank you for encouraging all of us!

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  • SoCalLisa
    SoCalLisa Member Posts: 13,961
    edited December 2009

    wonderful

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  • AnacortesGirl
    AnacortesGirl Member Posts: 1,758
    edited December 2009

    Thank you for the post - positive news is always great to hear!  Congratulations!

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  • DCMom
    DCMom Member Posts: 624
    edited December 2009

    Thanks so much for posting.  You Rock!  Congratulations.

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  • carol1949
    carol1949 Member Posts: 562
    edited December 2009

    Congratulations.  You are an inspiration to so many! 

    When I read your post it reminded my of a wonderful book I just finished. (Actually, I read both of her books.  Donna Deegan is a news anchor from Jacksonville, FL and wrote 2 books.  The Good Fight and also Through Rose Colored Glasses.  She is a 3 time survivor and her books are inspirational.  She has successfully planned and completed a marathon with the help of Mayo Clinic that is only for breast cancer research and to help people dealing with bc.   I think they raised over $600,000. You can Google her and read about it.  She is very young like you!

    You go girl!

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  • amlg1
    amlg1 Member Posts: 596
    edited December 2009

    That is such great news,keep up the good work..Your an inspiration to me,I too had many nodes,had the same tx as you, I am looking foward to my 5 year cancerversary.

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  • Makratz
    Makratz Member Posts: 12,678
    edited December 2009

    I'm so happy for you!  Happy 5th anniversary!  Thank you so much for sharing your story and giving the rest of us hope.

    xoxoxo

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  • apple
    apple Member Posts: 7,799
    edited December 2009

    very encouraging Kim.,.

    here's to many more!

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  • SusieMTN
    SusieMTN Member Posts: 795
    edited December 2009

    WooooHOOOOO!  That is awesome, congratulations!  Hope you have at least another 5, 10 or better yet never a recurrence!  This is truly inspiring!  

    Question: when do you start counting, after surgery?  

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  • kimf
    kimf Member Posts: 334
    edited December 2009

    Thanks girls! Susie, I was counting from my dx day - that is the day I became a survivor...my Onc counts from the date of last chemo, which for me will be July 7, 2010.

    Happy Holidays everyone! Best of health to all of you in the new year!

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  • anamcara
    anamcara Member Posts: 1
    edited January 2010

    That is so encouraging to read. Have finished 6mnths of chemo, surgery 4 weeks ago and about to start radiotherapy. Upgraded to a 3 with 11/16nodes positive. Had a bad day yesterday and feel so much better now for coming onto this site. THANK YOU SO MUCH. X

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  • KerryMac
    KerryMac Member Posts: 3,529
    edited January 2010

    anamcara - sorry you have had to come here, but glad you have found us. Stick around, you will find amazing support and friendship here.

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  • karen1956
    karen1956 Member Posts: 6,503
    edited January 2010

    Ana...this is a great group of women....glad you found us here, but sorry that you had to join the sisterhood.

    I count from Dx date...never asked onc what he uses to count....guess that doesn't really matter...when I was first Dx and went to the local Komen office for something, they said you are a survivor from the moment you hear the words "you have BC"....

    Hugs to all....Karen

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  • Octobergirl
    Octobergirl Member Posts: 334
    edited January 2010

    It's so wonderful to have a 5 year celebration on the Stage 3 boards...actually on any of the boards. 

    Ana, we're all in this together and that's a very good thing given the hand we've been dealt. Hope you do well with rads...it was the easiest part for me.

    Molly

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  • maryannecb
    maryannecb Member Posts: 1,453
    edited January 2010

    Way to go Kim, congrats. Celebrate!

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  • Annaanne
    Annaanne Member Posts: 190
    edited January 2010
    Congrats Kim!  I still remember those photos of you in your cute little head scarf.  You were one of the first women I really noticed on this site.  
    I'm just a few months behind you.  Wahoo.
    Annaanne 
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  • blondiex46
    blondiex46 Member Posts: 5,712
    edited January 2010

    congratulations!!!

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  • kimf
    kimf Member Posts: 334
    edited January 2010

    Thank you for the congrats! Annaanne, I totally remember you, too! I kept my scarves "just in case" but am always thinking positively that I will never need them! MaryAnne, thanks and good to see you with your boxing gloves still on! Hey Karen and Kerry! 

    anamcara - these girls are the best at giving support and loads of valuable information. I am by far not the only 5 year survivor at stage III and still ned. There are lots of us. and you will be one, too! Give it your all and fight the beast! You can do it! Kim

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  • victoriasecret
    victoriasecret Member Posts: 333
    edited January 2010

    Thank you Kim...& congratz..

    ml C

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  • clariceak
    clariceak Member Posts: 752
    edited January 2010

    I so appreciate all those ladies who come back to post about their anniversaries.

    I just hit the wall this week, could be chemo or maybe seasonal affective disorder or just overwhelmed.  I can't stop crying for no specific reason.  I'm having a hard time dealing with leaving my kids for over a month so I can have rads.  They are coming with me for part of it, but it didn't seem right for them to miss over 2 weeks of school.

    I know I'll keep my scarves, but did anyone else keep their port "just in cause".  I had "failure of conscious sedation" when it was implanted and I'm not anxious to repeat that experience.

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  • Flamin_nora
    Flamin_nora Member Posts: 52
    edited January 2010

    Congratulations!!! that's something to celebrate!

     Next week will be my 1 year---can't believe it has been that long---where does time fly (when you're having fun????)

    I would especially like to say THANK YOU for sharing your anniversary with us all---you really made my day! 

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  • fighting4mykids
    fighting4mykids Member Posts: 69
    edited January 2010

    thank you for sharing your news. it does give me hope.    CONGRATS.

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  • lfasano44
    lfasano44 Member Posts: 50
    edited January 2010

    Kim, Congrats, I am sooo happy for you ((hugs))! Lauren

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