Stage III Cancer Survivors ...Five + Years and Out.

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selizabeth

This is really good news. Looking forward to hearing about lots more good things coming your way.

Agree with all hopefour says, you have encouraged me when those dark clouds come rolling in.

Thanks!

congrats you two. So proud of you guys and your positive attitude. Hope to join you in 4 years. It means a lot for those that come back and share. So many thanks!

tangandchris.....I'm 9+ years since diagnosis and I still visit bco. I don't come as often as I did in the early days. I've made some good friends here at bco from treatment days.....cyber friends and friends I've met in person.....I like coming back and seeing how people are doing. its also nice to share that there is "life after breast cancer" and that even stage 3'ers can live long lives. I volunteer with 2 major breast cancer groups...for me its a way of paying back....Don't get me wrong...I still have my moments,and I'm not the same person I was before diagnosis, but I don't think bco holds me back. Feel free to message me if you ever want to chat. Karen

Thanks Jillian777....You are coming up on 11 years...you doing well?

I just want to jump in and say I know someone who is 10 or 11 years out - stage 3.

Is it someone wickedly funny, that we don't hear from very often, from NC

I was diagnosed with IDC 3c with lymph node involvement in September, whenever I feel discourage I log on and read this thread. Thank you ladies for sharing. This thread renews my faith and helps me push through the rough days

congrats karody. So glad you are healthy for those kids. Our diagnosis are similar. Many Thanks for posting.

yahoo Linda kr. Wishing you many more 5 year celebrations. Thanks for sharing. It helps us newbies so much!

tomorrow 7 year suvivor

Pmm10414, LIKE! LIKE! LIKE! I can't find the darn button here. LIKE!

pmm. So great to hear. Thank you for coming back to share.

Five years ago, I came to this site to seek hope. I was diagnosed with stage III Breast Cancer less than a year after I was declared perfectly healthy, following examination, mammogram and sonogram. I was shell shocked. Today, I want to give that hope to others. I have passed the 5 year mark and I am still here. Lot of things happened to me during that time, some good, some very bad: I had lost my mother during my treatment and lost my husband to cancer, he was diagnosed exactly a year after I was and passed away almost three years ago, but I also had wonderful, happy moments - I welcomed the birth my four grandchildren, I travelled extensively during the last 2 years and always enjoyed and cherished friends and family.

Life is good now and I'm looking forward to the next 5 years, and then the next, and so on.Like Karody, I also wish there was more information about survival past 5 years, especially with ILC and yes every ache and pain brings somefear, but I try to live in here and now and make the time count.