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Wonderful words of wisdom Dassi! Congrats to you!!!
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Congrats and wishing you continued good health.
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Diagnosis May 2004, Stage IIIB (did not show on mamogram)
Chemo, Mastectomy and radiation (failed reconstruction due to infection)
Arimidex and Zoledex for 6 years
Very glad to be here to say there is life after cancer. A great life!!!
I have limitations, but enjoy life despite of them. Ski, swim, garden, do home renovation
We survivors are the new face of cancer, living life to the fullest and embracing it all
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Congrats Redbud......
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Congrats Redbud!
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Thank you for sharing your story and your optimism, redbud! Congratulations!
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5.5 years. Life is good.
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Congrats Ellie D on 5.5 yrs!!!
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Amen!!!!! All power is in God' hands! I'm so happy for you and just reading your inspiring words reminds us that our faith and hope must be in God.
Thanks for letting Him use you to remind us of this.
Continued blessings to you.
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Embrasing life after cancer and enjoying it.....I love how you put it!
Be blessed
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Praise God! So inspiring to read your words of encouragement.
Be blessed
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Im pretty sure there is a thread for religious expressions on this board that you might be interested in!
Great posts everyone. Keep them coming to help those of us below the 5 yr mark get through.
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So many wonderful milestones! Who else can we add to this inspiring roster?
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It seemed so horrible around my birthday in 2007 to hear those horrid words -- you have cancer. My life flashed before my eyes as I wondered where I was headed -- far too afraid to look behind me and a bit terrified of what was in front of me.
Thought five years sounded like such a very long time and it was hard to imagine it, but here I am, not really all that worse for wear. A little foot neuropathy decided to hang around, and a few aches....at my age they would likely be there anyway -- they may be getting a slight boost from the Arimidex I still take. Well, if its this or the alternative....I'll take this and be thankful every day. We are all destined for bumps in the road -- it is a sign of being wholly alive.
Jackie
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Jackie I think it's awesome you get to celebrate more birthday's on your birthday. Congratulations on 5 years!
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Thanks for sharing Jackie! It's so inspirational to hear positive results!......poor choice of words but I'm inspired!
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I want to publicly apologize for my posting earlier.....when I said "poor choice of words".....I meant MY poor choice of words "positive results"... Since that often refers to positive vs B-9 results.....I meant NO offense to anyone else's words. Please forgive my bumbling words.....can I blame the Norco?
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Chachamom I took 1/2 a norco when I got shingles and it F'd me up so much that I never took anymore and suffered with only Aleve! Yup you can blame it on the Norco.
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Thanks, Lago!
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7 years and better than ever!
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11 yrs this coming march
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Congrats to Sherox13 & Susan3! Wishing you continued good health.
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5 years 5 months and 1 month left to go on femara. YEAH
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Getting ready to start 5 years of femara
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Susan3,
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Jo-5
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Dx'd 10 years ago today, with Stage 0. But it was really Stage 4 with liver mets.
After Gemzar with Herceptin for my liver, I was blessed with 6 years of remission.
Now I have a recurrence in the lymph nodes behind my sternum, but the growth is being slowed by Faslodex butt shots.
I have been on Herceptin for 9 years, and will be for life, I hope.
Yay me!
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You are an inspiration, Denny!
I just passed my "5 years since diagnosis" at the end of November. I discovered my spinal mets a year and a half ago, but I'm looking forward to many more years- maybe 10, like you, Denny! I'm also on Faslodex, as well as Xgeva.
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Congratulations to all of you as you, and thank you for inspiring us all with your milestones!
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12.5 years out from a Stage 2A IDC right breast with 2/7 positive nodes. Now also 7 years out from a Stage 3C ILC left breast with 23/23 positive nodes. Still NED and grateful for every day!
As scary as a cancer diagnosis can be, remember we are not statistics! Inform yourself to the best of your ability so you become an active participant in your treatment decisions, then just take it one day at a time. Recognize that no human on earth today has a guarantee they will be here tomorrow, cancer or not. That is the human condition and fragility of life for us all. BUT don't let that keep you from LIVING each and every day you are given! Days turn into weeks, months and years before you know it!
Make each one count!
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