How do you figure out your Cancerversary?

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sweetbean
sweetbean Member Posts: 1,931
edited June 2014 in Stage III Breast Cancer
How do you figure out your Cancerversary?
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  • sweetbean
    sweetbean Member Posts: 1,931
    edited September 2012

    Is it the date of your diagnosis or the date you finished treatment? I'm asking to figure out if I am approaching the two-year mark or not.  I think, from a statistic perspective, it is from the date of diagnosis, but I'm not sure.

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  • Mamita49
    Mamita49 Member Posts: 538
    edited September 2012

    Depends on each person,

     I do celebrate, if I can say this word, by the date I got the cancer out of me, the date of my surgery......... 

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  • Karina121293
    Karina121293 Member Posts: 370
    edited September 2012

    I take mine the day of diagnosis, since it was the day, that divided my life into ''life before BC, and life after BC''!!! 

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  • voraciousreader
    voraciousreader Member Posts: 7,496
    edited December 2012

    Regarding statistics, when they collect data, they look at date of diagnosis to determine a beginning point and then they look at overall survival that includes mortality from everything. Disease free survival is determined from the moment active treatment ends until there is a relapse. So if I were calculating the two year mark, it would begin with the date you finished treatment, whether it be surgery or adjuvant chemo. Good luck!

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

    My onc goes by the date of diagnose.  I go by my surgical date, which was two weeks later.

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  • sweetbean
    sweetbean Member Posts: 1,931
    edited September 2012

    Cool - thanks for the responses.  I'm going for the actual statistic viewpoint, so I will go with the disease-free survival of when I started treatment, which was Dec. 14.  Although Nov 18 will always be the day my life changed.  

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  • kathleen1966
    kathleen1966 Member Posts: 793
    edited September 2012

    I use the date of diagnosis, with numerous other "anniversary" date details.  Such as this January will be my two year anniversary from chemo, this September will be my first year without Herceptin, August 23 was my two years since surgery, and July 26 was my official "two year anniversary". I consider them all important anniversaries.

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  • sweetbean
    sweetbean Member Posts: 1,931
    edited September 2012

    Interesting!  I agree - they are all important anniversaries.  I'm just trying to figure out how I'm doing vs. the stats.

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  • Momine
    Momine Member Posts: 7,859
    edited September 2012

    My surgeon goes by the surgery date, although my dx was 3.5 months prior to surgery.

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  • caaclark
    caaclark Member Posts: 936
    edited September 2012

    I go by diagnosis date.

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  • exbrnxgrl
    exbrnxgrl Member Posts: 12,424
    edited September 2012

    Nothing hard and fast about this one. I go by my dx date . It's whatever you choose though I imagine statistics may look at different for different purposes.

    Caryn

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  • katyand4
    katyand4 Member Posts: 171
    edited September 2012

    I've decided I'm going to use my surgery date since this is when I consider my to be disease free...the day they took the cancer out!

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  • elimar86861
    elimar86861 Member Posts: 7,416
    edited September 2012

    The way I see it (and that would be from a non-statistical point of view,) there is nothing about the Dx to party about.  Now, getting it out, or starting treatment to attack the B/C, THAT is worth a little celebration.  Really, it is just up to the individual, so pick your own day to observe/celebrate. 

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