My 3 Year Cancerversary!

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Meggy
Meggy Member Posts: 530

Thank you God and thank you sisters!!!!! 

PS  I had at least 5 possitive nodes but maybe even more.

PSS  I love chemo.  No joke.

PSSS Gonna go knock on wood.

Meg

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  • elmcity69
    elmcity69 Member Posts: 998
    edited February 2011

    yay! congratulations, blessings, prayers for you. hoping you are celebrating!

    (champagne cork popping, bubbles fizzing)

    hugs

    janyce

    ps: i love chemo too. really. never thought of it as "poison" (so cliched), but as the juice that's gonna keep me around to see my little ones grow up. bring it on!

  • Babs37
    Babs37 Member Posts: 455
    edited February 2011

    Congratulations Meggy. I wish you many, many, many more Cancerversary!  You give me hope..............

  • Sugar77
    Sugar77 Member Posts: 2,138
    edited February 2011

    Meggy - congratulations.  You are an inspiration...thanks for sharing!

  • Luah
    Luah Member Posts: 1,541
    edited February 2011

    Meggy, I am sooo happy for you.  I'm looking forward to getting there myself! 

  • julie75
    julie75 Member Posts: 635
    edited February 2011

    Meggy:  Congratulations!  I'm so glad for you.

    Julie

  • tibet
    tibet Member Posts: 545
    edited February 2011

    Meggy

    Congratulations and glad for you.

    Love

  • squidwitch42
    squidwitch42 Member Posts: 2,228
    edited February 2011

    Woot Woot!!!!!

  • Titan
    Titan Member Posts: 2,956
    edited February 2011

    PSSSSS...we love you!  Yay Meggy!

  • Suze35
    Suze35 Member Posts: 1,045
    edited February 2011

    Congratulations Meggy!



    You are my inspiration, truly. I have 4+ nodes, and am doing what you did - lot's of chemo!



    I can't wait for you to post at five years!!

  • Ellie1959
    Ellie1959 Member Posts: 316
    edited February 2011

    Never thought I'd say it but "Thank God for Chemo!" Congrats - you done good - Ellie

  • pennylane
    pennylane Member Posts: 177
    edited February 2011

    I am so happy for you....You are inspring so many by posting this....Congratulations and best wishes, p

  • lululani
    lululani Member Posts: 15
    edited February 2011

    Hip hip hooray, Meggy! You are a light for all of us.

  • kmartin
    kmartin Member Posts: 78
    edited February 2011

    Hi Meg ~ Me too! this week. Thanks for posting and sharing your joy with us.

    I'm thrilled as well,

    Kathy

  • Titan
    Titan Member Posts: 2,956
    edited February 2011

    I posted this on the other thread..but I can't STOP talking!  YAY ..Meggy and Kathy!!!

    Love your guys attitude...no matter how much chemo SUCKS....we tn's gotta do it...

  • slcst12
    slcst12 Member Posts: 161
    edited February 2011

    YAY Meggy!  Truly and inspiration!! Here's to many more "versaries"!!!

  • jenn3
    jenn3 Member Posts: 3,316
    edited February 2011

    Congrats on 3 years........doing the happy dance!!!!

  • Meggy
    Meggy Member Posts: 530
    edited February 2011

    Thank you sisters for so many kind words.  Here's to many many years for all of us!

    Kathy, I am so happy for you too!!!!!!

  • Fighter_34
    Fighter_34 Member Posts: 834
    edited February 2011

    Yea Meggy!!!! Keep pushing forward!

  • waniyetu1025
    waniyetu1025 Member Posts: 19
    edited March 2011

    Well I am 3 yrs out now Mar 12th, the weird thing is that my old Dr went to another location, and now have a younger woman Dr.  Well she told me I had lrg breasts, and she was wondering since I am 3 years out  that I should think of a dbl Mastectomy.  She says its harder to detect another kind of cancer, cuz my breasts r lrg. Well now I'm just curious has anyone been  told this. She said it would save me fr getting biopsies and would stop me fr worrying about getting another cancer in my other breast. Also congratulations for all of us who have reached 3 years...now lets push for 5....

  • Meggy
    Meggy Member Posts: 530
    edited March 2011

    Congratulations waniyetu!  Are you BRCA possitive?  I think if you are there is the real risk of a new primary cancer.  I did the bilateral mastectomies for the reasons the doctor mentioned...not big boobs though just didn't want the worry and my kids were so young (still are) that I just didn't want to walk down this road again.  Maybe get some more opinions.  It is a very personal decision.  I'd get good medical advice on the issue. 

  • Luah
    Luah Member Posts: 1,541
    edited March 2011
    I agree with meggy, Get more opinions from other oncologists. If you are not BRCA+, find out what your actual risk of a new primary is... perhaps it's about the same as any woman on the street, and we don't advise they all get bilaterals. Find out what screening measures if any would be effective in your case. Can you live with that or are you a worrier? It's a very personal decision. Finally, do bear in mind that even after a BMx, there is still some risk, albeit small, of cancer.  
  • waniyetu1025
    waniyetu1025 Member Posts: 19
    edited March 2011
    Than you ladies for the response.  No I have not been tested for the BRCA +, which I think is weird because since I have no family history of any kind of breast cancer my old Dr never encouraged me to do so, but since I have been hearing woman on this sight saying they get checked, well I guess this would help my decision. I do have 2 daughters 25 and 6 , I'm afraid for them, so that will be what I will do.                         Love and encouragement to both of you... Kiss 
  • Minnesotamom
    Minnesotamom Member Posts: 5
    edited March 2011

    Happiness. Blessings to you.

  • yellowdoglady
    yellowdoglady Member Posts: 349
    edited April 2011
  • Meggy
    Meggy Member Posts: 530
    edited July 2011

    In just 3 weeks, I'll hit 3 1/2 years.....emotionally this is getting so much easier to handle.  In the last month, though, I enjoyed too much wine at so many different special occasions....I'd better nip that.  I do fall off the low-fat wagon sometimes but I get right back on....I keep a dialy journal.  I know the grams of fat by heart so I just put a smiley face down if I kept my fat intake nice and low. 

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