5 year survivors, post your screen name here!
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My five year anniversary was August 18....doing well and will finish up Aromasin in January 2014! Hooray!!
Kathy
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Congrats to all with their milestones...I was 2 years this past July...
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Always such a joy to catch up on this thread! Congrats to each of you for such amazing milestones!
Here's to many, many more!
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The girls from "Chemo in Sept 08", in the Smoky Mountains, at our 5 year survival celebration. Thank you BC.org for bringing us together in our breast cancer journey.
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Juli, what a fabulous picture, and what a great occasion! Many thanks for posting!
Did you know we're planning to feature members' photos and quotes in the upcoming BCO fundraising event Rock the Ribbon? Here's more information about the event and who to contact if you're willing to let us use your images and words. We'd love to hear from members of the Chemo in Sept 08 group.
• The Mods
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Hi there, not a "member of chemo in 08" but I spent 6 months of 08 having CMF.
5 years, no recurrence, on arimidex, as of December 11th, 2013.
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Just passed my five year mark since diagnosis on Sept. 16th!
Erica- RunnerMom -
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congrats runnermom!!!!! and many many more year !!!. -
Congrats RunnerMom great pic.. -
Great picture, RunnerMom. To many years of good health and good running! -
To the mods:
I posted your request to my Chemo in Sept 08 girls on our Facebook page, so hopefully, you will hear from some of them.
Juli -
Thank you very very much, Juli!
Congratulations to RunnerMom and anniealso, and all the ladies joining this list!
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I am a six year survivor and doing great!!! -
Fantastic!! Congrats, Gillkath! -
Thanks for chiming in, Runnermom. We share the same diagnosis. Thanks for the hope. I put my diagnosis and treatment into PREDICT. There is really a lot of reason to be hopeful. -
I havent posted in this thread i dont think. I was five years in May
Laura -
congrats fightin, wish you many more years. My PS said to me i have bad cancer, she made feel like i have no hope. I see many of you have same type of tumor as i am and reach 5 yrs, give me a lot of hope, thank you for posting. -
People have asked me how I remained positive through my fight with Breast Cancer. Here are some tipskis. I am a four year survivor.
1. Have your family and friends around you for support.
2. After I cried, I decided I was going to do this my way. Wearing heels and lipstick. And sequins and pink.
3. Don't listen to other people. Listen to your doctors.
4, I always go up, got dressed and looked presentable. I didn't want my son seeing a "sick" and " sad" mommy. It also made feel better to be myself, because that's who I am.
5. Took me awhile to not worry about my job. My health comes first.
6. Continue your normal activities, whatever they may be. Mine was the gym. Thank God for it.
7. Buy a sweet hoodie to wear after the surgeries. Mine was pink.
8. Make plans because you need distractions. I took my son to see Disney on Ice the night I decided to have both breasts removed. The lights went down, I started to cry. No one saw me. Little Mermaid helped. Then I was okay.
9. Let people help you.
10. Bring your makeup bag to the hospital to when the male nurse comes in he says, "Damn girl, you look hot!" LOL this happened.
Don't forget to LAUGH LOVE AND LIVE 💋 Be strong girls! -
Foxy, that's fantastic advice. I followed a lot of it too. Although I don't have kids I wanted my boyfriend not to feel like our life was over. We needed to stay strong for each other - which we did most, but not all, days on this path. It's been 19 months and 7 surgeries. -
I count my "cancerversary" as the date of my mx. November will be my 22nd year from dx/mx....no recurrances. -
Nihahi,
What a nice posting that is so nice to hear...:) -
Thanks sherry....I prefer to start the count from the day of being cancer free, not the day I learned I had cancer. -
Thank you all for the smiles this thread always inspires - and the hope and encouragement you're sharing with everyone!
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Nihahi,
I agree I to go by the the date I became cancer free ... -
I have several anniversaries. This past January was my five year anniversary of my mastectomy and tomorrow is the five year anniversary of my final radiation treatment. No treatment in the past five years except Tamoxifen and Zometa/Xgeva. I was diagnosed at stage 4 as I had a single met to sternum. The first year I had chemo, sternum resection and radiation. Best wishes to all you women (and men). -
9.5 years here ... so far all is well and dh & i are enjoying life !
congrats to all !!
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my anniversary will be 23 November 2013
I have follow up within one month wish me luck -
Momand2kids--celebrated 5 years from dx on 10/29/13...... life is good!!!
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