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2timer
2timer Member Posts: 590
edited June 2014 in DCIS (Ductal Carcinoma In Situ)

... ago today, I found out I had breast cancer.

 And really, my life hasn't really been the same since.  I was "lucky"- just DCIS.  But I was still subjected to surgery, radiation and tamoxifen.  It was only later that I realized that I might have been over treated and that the effects from my treatment could affect me worse than the cancer.  But I managed to make it through.  I've been on these boards since then, in fact my first post was about me finding out I had bc.  

Just want to let the "newbies" know that it does get better. 

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  • Beesie
    Beesie Member Posts: 12,240
    edited March 2012

    It does change things, doesn't it?

    Congrats on the 5 years!  I always find the anniversary date of my diagnosis to be bittersweet. "Sweet" in that I am well and happy and moving on with my life, but "bitter" because it bring back memories of a difficult, life-changing day.   

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  • Neeners815
    Neeners815 Member Posts: 358
    edited March 2012

    Congratulations!  I am very happy to read this.  I'm a newbie and tomorrow I'm having my second biopsy (found something in the left breast during the MRI that was checking out the right (where I have DCIS)).  I needed this today.  Thank you.

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  • sflow
    sflow Member Posts: 297
    edited March 2012

    Congratulations to you!  I agree, a very bittersweet anniversary.  I hit mine in November and finished my Arimidex in January.  I have my last appointment with radiation oncologist tomorrow and hope to discuss the long term effects of radiation with her.  I think I blindly and readily took whatever treatment was offered to me never thinking of what was ahead.  Now I worry I put myself at high risk for other things in the future.  I try to eat healthy, maintain my weight and exercise, but one never knows!

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  • Catrina
    Catrina Member Posts: 16
    edited March 2012

    Congratulations to you on those anniversaries and thank you for the encouraging posts. am 2 months out from diagnosis and already it feels some days like this will never end. Going from an original diagnosis of dcis to invasive ductal carcinoma, and a nasty surprise of positive lymph nodes during surgery, to a probable need of chemotherapy treatments, some days it seems like the bad news will just keep coming. It is encouraging to read about those of you who have gotten through this to the other side and are feeling well and happy!

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  • Emaline
    Emaline Member Posts: 492
    edited March 2012

    Congratulations to you!  That is great to be 5 years out.  I can't believe how quickly I am coming up on one year

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