Thank God for 4 years

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Meggy
Meggy Member Posts: 530
edited June 2014 in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

I have just reached the four year mark since I started chemo.  Thank you God and please help all of my sisters. 

Meg

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  • marial
    marial Member Posts: 255
    edited February 2012

    Congratulations! That is great news!

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  • Racy
    Racy Member Posts: 2,651
    edited February 2012

    Meggy, I join you in your prayer and may your good health continue.

    God bless you!

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  • Moderators
    Moderators Member Posts: 25,912
    edited February 2012

    Congratulations Meg, from all of us at BCO!

    Your Mods

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  • bak94
    bak94 Member Posts: 1,846
    edited February 2012

    Glad to hear it! Keep on bringing the good news!

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  • Babs37
    Babs37 Member Posts: 455
    edited February 2012

    So happy for you Meggy!!! 4 years out is great. Wishing you many, many more.

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  • christina1961
    christina1961 Member Posts: 736
    edited February 2012

    Very happy for you, Meggy!!!  Congratulations and thanks for posting to give us all hope!

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  • mccrimmon324
    mccrimmon324 Member Posts: 1,076
    edited February 2012

    Congratulations!  Wishing you and all of us many many more. 

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  • TifJ
    TifJ Member Posts: 1,568
    edited February 2012

    WOO HOO Meg!! Happy 4 years. May you be blessed with many, many more!

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  • Luah
    Luah Member Posts: 1,541
    edited February 2012

    Meggy: What an awesome milestone. Thanks for sharing your good news.

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  • minxie
    minxie Member Posts: 484
    edited February 2012

    Congrats, Meg! News like this is always so good to hear.

    I have to ask - do you let your mind feel more at ease now? I'm 3 years out, and I'm starting to do better... but then I worry if I let my "guard" down (my "guard" being obsessive worry about recurrrence, aches, pains, etc) I'll have the rug pulled out from under me if it comes back - and I've had it pulled out too many times before.How do you feel about that?

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  • Meggy
    Meggy Member Posts: 530
    edited February 2012

    Minxie such a good question.  I do feel more secure...I have found I only feel scared when I know I have not been eating well enough (low fat) so I keep a journal of my eating and am now making my self write at the top of every page "beginning year 5" to force myself to take this seriously.  I'm saying to myself "come on girl...just be good for another year."  Somehow making myself that promise to at least do my best (I'm not perfect) makes me feel so much better. 

    I have to keep track of every glass of wine to limit it each week because...let me tell you....if I knew it did not contribute to recurrance...I'd drink a whole lot more.  

    Through this whole thing the main thing that kept me sane was taking control.  First I had control because I had so much chemo.  I still love chemo...thank God for chemo.  Then I lost my mind when it was done and got it back when I read the studies on dramatically lowering triple negative recurrance rates by eating low fat and exercising.  I felt like I was taking my own version of temoxafin by purifying my body and pissing off the cancer cells.  

    4 years does feel so much better than 2 and even better than 3.  Now I just want to be typing about 5.  One year at a time of good behavior.  

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  • minxie
    minxie Member Posts: 484
    edited February 2012

    Glad to hear it Meggy!  I'm working on the diet/exercise thing as well, sometimes dedicated, sometimes slacking off :) Looking forward to seeing your 5 year post!

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  • Layla2525
    Layla2525 Member Posts: 827
    edited February 2012

    Thats terrific 4 yrs...are you done now? Do you have the portable pack chemo or do you have to go into the hospital for treatment? Anyone here taken Xeloda? Taken the oral form? How was it? I think I wanna go with that cause I found an old article from 1995 on Tamox about some study thinking it might cause colon rectal cancer in the future of the takers.  Looks like the med establishment successfully buried that news.  I was given a prescription for Premarin after I told my gyn that I had a dx of LCIS. Of course that turned in the IDC that I have now. I can't believe they still have Premarin on the market. I'm not a dr of course so dunno whats best for my bc and they will get me an onc dr once I have surg on 2/13 and get my path report back with all details. I still need the ONc dx test tho right for a rating?   Meggy are you drinking wine? Do you measure it to make sure its only 4 ounces?  Are you allowed to drink wine and have chemo? really!

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  • LRM216
    LRM216 Member Posts: 2,115
    edited February 2012

    Wonderful news, Meggy!  Keep on keeping on!  Gives us all added hope and inspiration!

    Linda

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  • msphil
    msphil Member Posts: 1,536
    edited February 2012

    God Bless and Hugs !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I pray HE continues to bless u and many many more. I am alos a Survivor of 18 yrs and I am all over this board to Inspire and Encourage others to have HOPE and to stay POSITIVE God Bless.  msphil idc, stage 2, 3 nodes involved L amst, chemo and rads and 5 yrs on Tamoxifen.

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  • Titan
    Titan Member Posts: 2,956
    edited February 2012

    Way to go Meggy!  and thanks for your posts...I'm 3 years out in 1 month and 12 days..ha ha...

    Yes.. TRIPLE NEGATIVES do survive..oh yes they do...it's just a little harder for us...

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  • Meggy
    Meggy Member Posts: 530
    edited February 2012

    Oh just to clarify...I'm triple negative so I'm not actually on any targeted therapy like Temoxofen (hense I don't know how to spell it LOL).  I took all my chemo 3 plus years ago...just took extra becasue there is no targeted therapy for triple negatives. 

    I drink on average one glass of wine a week.  Sometimes two but I know I shouldn't.  I think the glass of wine is about 8 ounces.  I think any amount is bad but hopefully 8 ounces a week is OK?  Is there a 4 ounce limit?

    Titan, I look forward to hearing about your 3, 4 , 5 year marks and that goes for all of my sisters.

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  • marinakaplan
    marinakaplan Member Posts: 23
    edited February 2012

    So happy for you, you are an inspiration!

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