5 years this month.....thank you friends!

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mmm5
mmm5 Member Posts: 1,470
edited June 2014 in HER2+ (Positive) Breast Cancer

Hi there to all the newbies, and old friends too.

Just wanted to post that this month makes 5 years for me.  There was a time (not so long ago at all) that I was on this site everyday posting questions, looking for reasurrance with so many scares:

dizzy spells that I thought were brain mets

lump under my armpit that I thought was a recurrance

chronic cough that I thought was lung mets

Sciatica that I thought was bone mets

Nauseous spells that I thought were liver mets.

I had elevated liver counts, multiple times where my calcium was elevated, anxiety attacks, paralysis from fear....on and on and on.

I am doing so much better, and barely think about cancer, I never thought this day would come. There are friends on here that got me through all of my panic attacks

Estepp, Orange1, Swimangel, YATCOMW, Weety, Sue, etc etc etc I thank all of you....

Blessing to all of you looking for inspiration and know that it takes time, I kept looking for the magic bullet that would see me through and it was really time ....

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  • Denise-G
    Denise-G Member Posts: 1,777
    edited April 2013

    mmm5 - CONGRATULATIONS!  I am so happy to read this post!  I am almost a year post chemo next month.  I told my Onc I now call it "organ of the week" where I have some weird symptom.  They have all gone away.  It is part of the process.

    Enjoy your celebration!  Denise

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  • monkeymom
    monkeymom Member Posts: 50
    edited April 2013

    mmm5- how liberating to be free of the fear and enjoying life!! It is wonderful to hear that that day will come- I can't wait! Congrats on 5 years!

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  • pumela115
    pumela115 Member Posts: 231
    edited April 2013

    Congradulations!!! I love reading this, it will be 3 for me next month also. I can't wait to say 5 years. I hope you have a great celebration. Here's to 5 more!!

    Pam

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  • maryannecb
    maryannecb Member Posts: 1,453
    edited April 2013

    Yahoo...the big 5...yes time does make a big difference.

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  • orange1
    orange1 Member Posts: 930
    edited April 2013

    mmm5 - it is so nice to see that you are doing well - in spirit as well as body.

    Thank you too for helping me get through those dark times.  It feels like we've been to hell and back - but at least we made it back.

    I agree time makes a big difference.  Also, as you tried to teach me - acceptance helps as well.

    Best to you and our other Her2 comrades

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  • bluedasher
    bluedasher Member Posts: 1,203
    edited April 2013

    Congratulations! The 5 year mark is getting close for me too - next September. I remember the help of all those you named as well as yourself and others.

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  • septembersong
    septembersong Member Posts: 287
    edited April 2013

    What a great post! Congratulations on five years and thanks for sharing your experience. I loved the list and have lived each and every one of those symptoms/self-diagnoses. I look forward to posting here next month! Hooray for us. 

    I don't post a lot, but I do stop by often and have fond memories of learning so much from you, orange1, bluedasher--so many generous and helpful HER-2 sisters. 

    And thanks for reminding everyone that time is the great healer. Hard to imagine at the outset, but true. 

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  • flatpikr
    flatpikr Member Posts: 16
    edited May 2013

    I am new to this group.  It's wonderful to hear a success story from someone who has gone through what I am just beginning to face.  Thanks for sharing your story.

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  • Rubyluby
    Rubyluby Member Posts: 74
    edited May 2013

    Woohoo! Happy 5th anniversary, mmm5!  

    I was diagnosed about 8 months after you, with a similar DX profile, so remember reading all your posts avidly  - and responding to some too, I think.

    I'm so glad you made it and you're well. I'll reach the 5 year mark in January.  There are long periods now when I don't think about BC at all. I never thought that would happen either.  

    Hugs to you!

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  • proudtospin
    proudtospin Member Posts: 5,972
    edited May 2013

    I am 5 years this month also, moving on with life but learned not to assume this and to take advantage of my health now

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  • ahdjdbcjdjdbkf
    ahdjdbcjdjdbkf Member Posts: 645
    edited May 2013

    Thank you so much for posting. I am SO very happy for you. It made me want to cry and I am choked up. I have been through literal hell and am terrified daily. But...right now my only issue is surprisingly low blood counts for where I am in the treatment cycle. PET and brain MRI as well as CA-125 show NED. I know someone with my diagnosis and treatment who is having an aggressive metastatic recurrence at 2 years. I have been a mess since I heard this news. I'm 13 months out and just a month away from my last scheduled Herceptin. Peace and health to all on this thread!

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  • septembersong
    septembersong Member Posts: 287
    edited May 2013

    Reposting from another thread:

    Five years today since my diagnosis. For all of you who are newly diagnosed, please know that the scary, surreal place you're in now is temporary. Treatment ends (sometimes with complications, but nothing's perfect), the overwhelming anxiety fades, and life comes back. And it's always, always better to share with your fellow travelers. Best wishes for good health and happiness to you all.

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  • Jaimieh
    Jaimieh Member Posts: 2,373
    edited May 2013

    Awesome news!  Looking forward to celebrating many more years with you :).

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  • septembersong
    septembersong Member Posts: 287
    edited May 2013

    Thanks, Jaimieh. Hoping the same for you. Stay well. 

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  • suemed8749
    suemed8749 Member Posts: 1,151
    edited May 2013

    mmm5 - I just saw this! Congratulations to us both for having made it 5 years! Your list made me smile - oh, how I can relate. I remember a trip to San Francisco with my husband that I tried really hard to ruin with my self-diagnosis of brain mets! Oh yeah, and the backaches and coughs and ...... well, you know. 

    You are one of the people who helped me make it! Thanks. (By the way - became a grandma last month, retiring in 2 weeks, and looking forward to a wonderful part of life.) 

    Sue

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  • NWArtLady
    NWArtLady Member Posts: 360
    edited May 2013

    Wonderful news!! Thank you for coming here and sharing your great news - it gives the rest of us hope!

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  • Moderators
    Moderators Member Posts: 25,912
    edited May 2013

    mmm5,

    Congratulations on 5 years!!!! Thanks for sharing.  It is truly inspiring.

    Cheers!  Celebrate! To many more milestones.

    (((The Mods)))

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  • LizA17
    LizA17 Member Posts: 159
    edited May 2013

    Congratulations on 5 yrs!!!

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  • weety
    weety Member Posts: 1,163
    edited June 2013

    I'm a little late in congratulating you but nevertheless, CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

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  • my2boys
    my2boys Member Posts: 339
    edited September 2013

    Congratulations on 5 years! I just reached 5 years myself! We should start a group....I think with the advances in treatment of Her2+....Herceptin, Tykerb etc...we will see many more of these 5 year+ survivors in the coming months!

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