3 Years Out

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pupfoster1
pupfoster1 Member Posts: 1,484
edited June 2014 in Stage III Breast Cancer

Hi girls!

Just a shout out to all my favorite sistahs that I am still alive and well (most days---lol) although I don't visit much lately.  

So, 3 years ago this month I was recuperating from my bilateral mastectomy and waiting for my final pathology report.  I knew there was node involvment but when I recieved the results it was still shocking.  My primary tumor was 6.5 cm (with multicentric disease on that side) and on the propholactic side they found LCIS!  I don't know that I was quite prepared for all that information, but knew chemo and rads were in my future.  I found you ladies about mid treatment I believe and have to say you pulled me through some of the scariest, darkest days I have had during and since.  And I have to say MOST days now I DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT MY CANCER!  I NEVER thought that day would arrive. Don't get me wrong, it's still there lurking, every new ache and pain, I have to catch myself to not slip back in to that terrified mode, but more often than not I am not dwelling on it!  So new ladies, please know there is hope, and that you WILL feel better in the future.  Different, but better.

Again, I can't say enough about how you ladies and this site have helped me on my journey.  Although I'm not on the boards much these days I think of all of you often and wish all of you health and peace going forward.

Love,

Sharon Laughing

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  • geewhiz
    geewhiz Member Posts: 1,439
    edited November 2012

    You go girl!!

    Congratulations!

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  • Dianarose
    Dianarose Member Posts: 2,407
    edited November 2012

    congratulations !!! You give me inspiration. Being stage IIIc gets me down a lot, but like you I am trying not to dwell on it. Went topless for the first time yesterday. It feels so good to ditch the wig. On to rads next and then wait for my exchange. It is a long process for sure.

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  • CherylinOhio
    CherylinOhio Member Posts: 623
    edited November 2012

    hi Sharon!! Good to hear from you!! I am glad you are out enjoying life!! I am beginning year 2 with fingers crossed!! I think this board saved me many days from going insane!!!  take care of yourself!! Stay in touch and pop in every now and then to give us hope!!

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  • TectonicShift
    TectonicShift Member Posts: 752
    edited May 2014

    Congratulations, Sharon! Sounds great!! Keep it up, whatever you are doing!!

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  • MaxineO
    MaxineO Member Posts: 555
    edited November 2012

    Yay for you Sharon! It's so good to hear good things from the future Wink.  Keep doing what you're doing because it sure is working. And thanks for checking in; hearing that BC does not have to be the end of the world keeps newbies going.  I'm almost 2 years out, and love to hear any and all good news! Congrats!

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  • Karina121293
    Karina121293 Member Posts: 370
    edited November 2012

    Sharon, very, very happy for you!!! Three years is awesome!!! 

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  • kathleen1966
    kathleen1966 Member Posts: 793
    edited November 2012

    Congratulations Sharon!  This is wonderful news!  May you continue to live in the present and not in the land of what-if's....Soo happy for you!

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  • lexi4
    lexi4 Member Posts: 1,074
    edited November 2012

    Yay Sharon! Congratulations on your milestone! Of course I wish you many many happy and healthy years ahead!

    Hugs,

    Lexi

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  • melmcbee
    melmcbee Member Posts: 1,119
    edited November 2012

    Thanks Sharon I know that I needed to hear that. Congratulations and hugs.

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  • jennyboog
    jennyboog Member Posts: 1,322
    edited November 2012

    Congrats!  I hope you have many more :)

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  • gillyone
    gillyone Member Posts: 1,727
    edited November 2012

    Perhaps the most encouraging thing you said about being three years out is that most days you don't think about cancer. That is moving on!!! Great news!

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  • Gitane
    Gitane Member Posts: 1,885
    edited November 2012

    Good news, Sharon.  It made me happy to read your post.  You are doing so well.  I'm really gld you checked in.

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  • katyand4
    katyand4 Member Posts: 171
    edited November 2012

    Congrats Sharon!  Wishing you continued good health and happiness.

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  • Momof2inME
    Momof2inME Member Posts: 683
    edited November 2012

    Congratulations Sharon!! Love to see posts like yours!!

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  • Maggs09
    Maggs09 Member Posts: 193
    edited November 2012

    This is so wonderful to read such a positive stories. I'm just between chemo and rads.... and some days I feel a lot of anxiety, second-guessing every scan, test that was done before and after my dx. (Worried that my cancer could be more advanced then IIIc and it just wasn't detected). Some days I live in fear, worried that I have no way of checking if chemo really worked (adjuvant), some days I'm worried of being 100%ER, (risk of recurrence never going down), some days I'm happy that I have hormon receptors, (more ways to control it).....list is endless, depending on what I just researched or heard.

    And some days I'm very positive and happy with the way everything goes....

    So I go through a lot of different emotions and fears from day to day... I'm happy and excited about the future but at the same time I'm terrified of it!

    Sharon, stories like yours give me HOPE that my fear is going to diminish at some point and I will be able to move on with life without constant thinking "what if".

    I know that worrying about "what if" is not going to change the future but only spoils "today", but some days my brain is refusing to cooperate with my own advice.

    So, thank you and, please, share any experiences or suggestion on how to get "beyond the point of fear".

    Magda

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  • Bugs
    Bugs Member Posts: 1,719
    edited November 2012

    Hi Sharon!  Congrats on your three year!  Plan on many, many more!

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