Need to hear from SURVIVORS!!!!

Hi Warrior2014, tomorrow is the fourth aniversary of my diagnosis with stage 2 ILC. I had a lumpectomy, TAC chemo, rads and now take Femara. I believe the TAC and Femara are proven to be very effective with ILC.

As far as complementary therapies, although I aim to be diligent about healthy habits, I don't always succeed. But here are a few simple things that I have adopted and believe can help: 

1. drinking green tea (several cups per day);

2. daily low dose aspirin;

3. daily vitamin D tablet.

4. focus on being as lean as possible (most important, according to my onc);

5. exercise.

If I didn't eat a lot of foods containing Omega 3, I would take a supplement of that.

Best wishes to you.

Warrior2014, I am 10 months post chemo, 15 months from dx of stage 3, stinkin lobular breast cancer. 

The post above from Racy was all good. That is my regimen also plus a few others, Tumeric, probiotics. I take Arimidex daily & yesterday had my 2nd infusion of Zometa to help prevent bone metasis. 

It's all a nightmare in my view, but we have to keep moving, find joy & keep in mind that it could be worse....

I have some bone & joint pain. But, I am 59 years old. I am very active, play golf & tennis, walk for miles. I try to keep a more structured sleep schedule now. 

The constant worry about the lymph nodes ( mine were matted & bursting out with cancer ) & the fear of metatastic cancer is still with me, all day every day. My stragety is to keep busy. I want to be in denial, but my head won't go there.....lol...

I can also suggest the AntiCancer book (it's for sale at the boutique my clinic runs which also supplies scarves, hats, greeting cards, etc.) I plan to use his DVD at our local support group meeting since some people absorb information better from an audio/visual perspective than by reading.

As far as survivorship, like racy above, I was stage ll but am going on 4 years. You might want to post your appeal on the forum specific to that diagnosis although those gals may be mostly IDC...

Stage 2- 6 years out--- these are the things that I was doing (most) and then kept doing after dx with some new activities/attitudes added 

Exercise (which I was doing before) almost every day--walking, running, swimming, elliptical training--whatever I can fit in whenever-- always try to have 10,000 steps

fruits/veggies

regular sleep cycle

religiously took femara/lupron combination, then just femara

Reconnected with my faith (loosely, but it was a good thing)

Religiously went to every follow up appointment, mammogram, MRI

Got a dog (my kids wanted him forever, I finally said "what the hell"). you know who is taking care of him

Kept my journal habit going (from when I was 10)

Went to therapy to work out the feelings  I had about bc

Say yes to anything that is social-- reunions, get togethers (before I would sometimes be "too busy")  no more- Love to be around people

Told those in my life who were important just how important they were

Changed my focus in terms of my career--- it is important, but I leave at 5 now.... and I don't bring work home with me.

Laugh alot-- listen to comedy in the car- listen to my kids-- 

go to lots of movies--love the movies

Believe that I am completely cured and that I did everything possible to make that happen

Don't waste one minute of time thinking about cancer.... it got almost a year of my life--fair enough, but no more.