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So thrilled for all of you. Wishing you the best of health. I am just getting over breast cancer and was suprised but glad they invented a new gadget to go with mammograms(similar to MRI except only takes minutes, did you see it on "The Doctors"?) that is finding cancer earlier and can now offer women more choices because of the earlier findings. It would be great if the drs could just put a radiotherapy thing in that spot. Then get the cancer vaccine passed by the FDA. Its an exciting time of medical advancements Finally!
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Nine years!!!!!!!
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Six years and 9 mos., but who's counting?! We are!! I LOVE seeing these posts!! Woot woot!!
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May 12 will be six years from diagnosis for me
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7.5 years ago I was diagnosed with IBC, reached Stable and NED during the five years that followed. 2.5 years ago dx with bone mets ... dancing with that stable boy again for almost a year. Had one mastectomy 7 years ago and finally just had other one by choice and am feeling better than ever about it. Life does continue ... hugs to all! Patti
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Hitting six years on April 28th!
Julie
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6.5 years for me with Stage IIB, 3 positive lymph nodes. I am thankful for each day....
My screen name is curlylocks...aka Michele
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Soccermom4force
7 years 4 months! Stage 2B 1+ node triple positive -
Five years in February.
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Five years last month! Rare squamous cell triple negative!!
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Nell, so encouraged to read your post. Dx with squamous cell triple negative 10/31/11 (Happy Halloween, huh?
Almost done with 6 rounds T/C, then 35 rads. Since AI's don't do anythng for us, what if anything did you do differently after you finished treatment? Thank you for sharing!!
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9 years, 3 months for me!
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Five years in July from first DCIS dx in 2007 ... One year in June from DCIS dx #2.
ETA: My mother was dx with DCIS at 81 (one very pi$$ed off old lady, I tell you!). She died at 89 of colon cancer ...BC was nowhere in the picture. And her sister, dx with IDC Stage II at 65 died at 88 of Alzheimers, still NED.
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Just over 8 years for me with no treatment other than wide margin lumpectomy.
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I hit 5 years April 4th...today is my first day without Arimidex!!!
I posted my eagle story on the ILC section.
Congrats girls and may there be more of us here with more years to add!
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Almost 6 yrs out. My mom is 30yrs out.
Julie
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20 years NED last Jan. for me. My mum died at 89...not from breast cancer ....16 years after diagnosis.
jezza
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8 years from first diagnosis at stage III, 2.5 years from stage IV diagnosis. Taxotere and Arimidex have kept me NED for the last 2 years. Chemo may be barbaric but it does the trick!
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My aunt died at age 88.....40 plus years after her BC diagnosis, no recurrences.
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It was five years for me this past November!! Doing fine!!
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Hi, everyone!!! I am 7 1/2 years out. I had bi-lateral breast cancer, stage 2b, one positive node on the left side, stage 1 on the right side. Thank you for starting this great thread.
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5 years, 3 months since the end of chemo and NED. However, I am not a survivor as I don't know if I will die of something else or breast cancer.
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6 years next week for me.
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5.5 years past stage 3, grade 3, 4/17 positive nodes, triple negative, and a hidden primary! Life is good!
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21 years for me, had microcalcifications removed from my chest wall behind reconstructed breast some years back. . But I do not leave my guard down.
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It will be 8 years in August!
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My dx date was 8/31/2006. Last mo. mammo was negative.. I pray that we all meet here again in another 5 yrs.. Peace n' Prayers..
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Dx 19 Dec 2006, finished tx August 2007. Had lump removed from chest 2009. Since then all clear.
Like other ever vigilant
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sflow--I hit my 5 yrs Nov 15, 2011!
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I just finished chemo and radiation and started pills and Herceptin still going. One question for you. How did you deal with the pills? I tried Arimidex and now, Femara and have lots of pain, all over my body, bones, muscles and have fluids build up. I don't know if I will be able to handle it for 5 years. What did you do? Please share your experience with the drugs for 5 years.
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