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Jezza - wow!
Keep these stories coming!!! Fantastic ladies. I wish you all many many more birthdays!
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Bump...bump...bump....
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Yay Jezza!!! So awesome!! How old were you when you were diagnosed (if you don't mind me asking).
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Thanks for this reminder...I really needed a boost today. Waiting for MIR results has me in a funk.
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bookgirl-I will be praying for good results for you !
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Thank you all so much. I am so scared. I have 3 children that I want to be upbeat around. This thread is just what I need.
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Glad is helps Lisa. There's so many doing well. Keep the faith.
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Heather I was 41 when dx....had a 16 month old baby boy. He will be celebrating his 21st birthday in September! Lisa...I know thats the hardest part trying to be upbeat for your kids (((hugs))).And yes Carmelle there are so many doing well who have move on and don't come to the boards.
jezza
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My grandmother was diagnosed and had a mastectomy at around age 80 - she recently died at age 95 and it was not of breast cancer. Heart trouble.
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Sunday was our Susan G. Komen for the Cure walk. At the survivor's ceremony there was a 65 year survivor! Not to mention a lot of 20, 25 and 40 year survivors!
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Yay Marlenet!! A 65-year survivor? I'd sure love to know her secret!!! So, at the NBCC conference this year, I met a 9- year HER2+ survivor with 19 positive nodes!!! How awesome is that!?
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oh...and BUMP!!!!!
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Not meaning to sound stupid....but what is BUMP?
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Bump just adds another post so that this board will remain on the active boards (so that more people will come read and share)
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I had an eye doc appointment with a new optometrist in my new relocation.
We started chatting and he mentioned his wife is also a BC survivor. 8 years....and going.
He told me she stopped all antihormonals early on and is still doing very well!
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My mom had a mastectomy in 1975 and just celebrated her 91st birthday last week. Might I add that she is a very spry 91.
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Scooter-12 How cool! -happy birthday to your mom!
Yes 65 year survivor at the breast cancer walk. Everyone when nut and cheered when they announced it and she stood up!
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Thank you Ladies for the wonderful and inspiring stories. This is a great thread. I really needed to read these stories. Thank you.
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So...how old was the 65 year survivor?......amazing!
jezza
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This thread deserves to be bumped often!
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The 65 year survivor I would say was in her 80's. She didnt give her age, just that she was 65 year survivor!
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I'm am so glad that I found this thread! How uplifting!
I'm about to start chemo next week, phase 2 in my treatment plan. I often jump ahead and worry about recurrence etc. But this thread is so encouraging! Thanks to all!
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Bumping!
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I AM A THREE YEAR SURVIVOR! I WAS IN A BREAST CANCER AWARENESS CALENDAR AND MET A WOMAN THAT WAS 90 YEARS OLD: SHE HAD BREAST CANCER WHEN SHE WAS 20 YEARS OLD AND I THINK A MASTECTOMY- THAT WAS IT! SHE MADE MY YEAR!!!
HEATHERBLESS
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I am a 22 year survivor this week! I had two little boys when I was diagnosed and now I have two little grandsons. I feel so fortunate for every awesome day!
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I run an exercise group for survivors - one of my "girls" is a 33 year stage 3 breast cancer survivor and another is a 19 year stage 3 breast cancer survivor! rock on
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thomasj - Congratulations on being a 22 year survivor! I also have two boys and would just love to have two grandsons (or grandaughters). Do you mind if I ask you what type of treatment you received 22 years ago? Did you have a mastectomy or lumpectomy plus radiation? Did they give you tamoxifen then?
I know two long-term breast cancer survivors. One died in her mid-eighties of other causes after being a heavy smoker all her life. The other woman is still doing well at...ninety-eight years old!!
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Bump..
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hi, I think the idea of a compilation of success st0ries are great. Just by reading on how they fought and won the battle in breast cancer in any stage esp. stage IV relieved a part of my body. I hope soon they will discover the permanent cure for every type of cancer because it sucks. Every person deserves to enjoy their life to the fullest so cancer go away and be gone forever. God does not create you, He will not create something that are harmful to peaople. Hopes and Prays..:)
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hi, I think the idea of a compilation of success st0ries are great. Just by reading on how they fought and won the battle in breast cancer in any stage esp. stage IV relieved a part of my body. I hope soon they will discover the permanent cure for every type of cancer because it sucks. Every person deserves to enjoy their life to the fullest so cancer go away and be gone forever. God does not create you, He will not create something that are harmful to peaople. Hopes and Prays..:)
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