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  • dharmamama
    dharmamama Member Posts: 138
    edited May 2014

    Dharmamama aka Jessica 5 year metastatic breast cancer survivor! Yay me!

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  • lago
    lago Member Posts: 17,186
    edited May 2014

    dharmamama (aka Jessica) 5 years and counting. Congratulations! Keep it going.

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  • april485
    april485 Member Posts: 3,257
    edited May 2014

    YAY dharmamama! May you have many more "5year" blocks of time!

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  • BanR
    BanR Member Posts: 289
    edited May 2014

    so happy for you dharmamama! wish u many more years of good health and happiness..

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  • Alaina
    Alaina Member Posts: 461
    edited May 2014

    I reached 5 years on March 20th!

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  • lago
    lago Member Posts: 17,186
    edited May 2014

    Awesome Alaina! 

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  • AndreaJ50
    AndreaJ50 Member Posts: 889
    edited May 2014

    Yay Jessica!!!

    Congratulations Alaina!!  

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  • DLB122
    DLB122 Member Posts: 2
    edited May 2014

    Dx May 2005  no recurrences thus far

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  • Moderators
    Moderators Member Posts: 25,912
    edited May 2014

    DLB122, welcome to the community and congrats also on no recurrence!

    The Mods

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  • roseamy
    roseamy Member Posts: 29
    edited May 2014

    Hello from England,

    The sun is shining and I am just over 5 years from dx locally advanced triple positive--- thanks to herceptin and just finished hormone therapy.

    Lisaxx

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  • lago
    lago Member Posts: 17,186
    edited May 2014

    Fantastic Roseamy

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  • DATO
    DATO Member Posts: 127
    edited May 2014

    Today is the 8 year anniversary of my diagnosis.  I am doing great.

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  • Sue2009
    Sue2009 Member Posts: 228
    edited May 2014

    dx over 5 years ago, watched my son graduate med school 2 weeks ago, his wife will graduate this Sat. From another med school. Starting clinical trial next week w/palbociclib. God has been faithful & I am sure he will continue to be.

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  • kfinnigan
    kfinnigan Member Posts: 1,729
    edited May 2014

    DX July 7, 2008 and doing GREAT!

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  • Moderators
    Moderators Member Posts: 25,912
    edited May 2014

    DATO, Sue and kfinnigan, congratulations on all your milestones!

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  • ahdjdbcjdjdbkf
    ahdjdbcjdjdbkf Member Posts: 645
    edited May 2014

    kfinnigan - wow 16 positive nodes and a 5 year warrior - keep rocking on!

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  • kfinnigan
    kfinnigan Member Posts: 1,729
    edited May 2014

    Thanks!!  Woohoo!!!!

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  • marlenet
    marlenet Member Posts: 345
    edited May 2014

    CONGRATULATIONS TO US ALL!

    On Mothers day we had the breast cancer walk!  The celebration after was wonderful.  There were ladies at the celebration who were 40 + year survivors!

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  • Hope14
    Hope14 Member Posts: 40
    edited May 2014

    congrats to all the survivors. It is really very inspiring to all of us here especially the young moms in their 30s and early 40 s.  I read someone wrote she had a walk with 40+ survivors!!!! That is absolutely so inspiring. Since my original diagnosis is less than a year now id like to ask all the survivors what do you really believe made you " beat" this nasty disease. I hear about  positivty but i am a super anxious person. I cannot change. Thats me. My oncologist said i should manage my anxiety bcos this is his concern. Im trying to take healthy life measures. Eating organic,supplements,etc. sometimes i wonder if all what im doing and all the "food pleasure" im dipriving myself is really good or useless in order to beat cancer. You know i still want to live and have a dessert once in a while. Its so frustrating trying to beat this monster. Please tell us " we the new ones here" what is your "weapon". What do you think gave you the strength to go on. I appreciate inspiring feedbacks. Thank you. 

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  • lago
    lago Member Posts: 17,186
    edited May 2014

    Hope14 the most important things you can do is exercise daily (ideally an hour but if only 30 minutes it will help) and keep a healthy weight. Of course don't smoke and eat poorly. I personally feel keeping your stress level down is important as I do believe it was the final trigger that got my breast cancer started (they don't seem to research this). Exercise actually helps with that.

    I always ate healthy. I don't go overboard though. I don't eat organics because of cost but I also eat very little red meat. Really I haven't changed my diet but in general I stay away from processed foods if I can. Sure I cheat, you gotta live but things I eat all the time like salad dressing… I make my own. I'm not 5 years yet but 4 years from diagnosis, August 31 will be 4 years NED.

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  • Hope14
    Hope14 Member Posts: 40
    edited May 2014

    thank you Lago ! I appreciate your feedback. I agree with you , we still want to live ! And processed food is the worst. Long time ago there was no huge amount of processed food like now. I make most my meals for me and husband and kids most of the time from scratch. I avoid lots of stuff from a can that sit on the shelf for a longtime. I am starting walking recently as im not a big fan of the gym. Hate to be forced to do something. View the fact im ER + too i keep hearing about keeping a healthy weight. Im trying to lose 8 pounds. Im not really heavy just average woman but the less fat i guess the best is for us. I wish you live a very long happy life and you be a  5 x 10 year survivor :)

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  • septembersong
    septembersong Member Posts: 287
    edited May 2014

    Six years this month since my diagnosis. Doing well. Take care of yourself physically and emotionally, enjoy your life, and live with gratitude and enthusiasm. The rest is in the lap of the gods. 

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  • momof2canada
    momof2canada Member Posts: 1
    edited May 2014

    Jan 2009 was my diagnosis and June 18 2009 was my last chemo.....That puts me in the 5 Year Club. I have spent many hours on here reading and learning from so many but never posted.

    To all the newbies out there......these discussion boards are a wealth of information, that will help you through !!!

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  • Moderators
    Moderators Member Posts: 25,912
    edited May 2014

    septembersong and momof2canada, we hope you're celebrating your anniversaries with appropriate gusto. Congratulations!

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  • jenni__ca
    jenni__ca Member Posts: 461
    edited June 2014

    10 years ago i got my dx  .... dh and i are retired now and doing well .... 

    congratulations to all on their own milestones !!

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  • Moderators
    Moderators Member Posts: 25,912
    edited June 2014

    jenni_ca, we're delighted for you in your happy post-BC retirement!

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  • kgpfield
    kgpfield Member Posts: 11
    edited June 2014

    kgpfield

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  • ahdjdbcjdjdbkf
    ahdjdbcjdjdbkf Member Posts: 645
    edited June 2014

    I met a 17 year stage II IDC survivor last week from my hometown at a party who had DMX, chemo, and radiation. She has had NO recurrence and no real lingering SEs from treatment other than mild lymphedema! She was wearing a small fitted jacket and her lymphedema was not at all visible; but she said she is vigilant in her self-care. So inspiring!

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  • Moderators
    Moderators Member Posts: 25,912
    edited June 2014

    17 years! Wow, Mariasnow - we love to read about an experience like hers. Thanks for posting!

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  • BanR
    BanR Member Posts: 289
    edited July 2014

    Maria..any idea what was her exact diagnosis..as in hormone receptor wise

    lovely to hear survivor stories

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