Lucky Thirteen
Hi all,
just back from my 13 year annual Onc visit and I am blessedly well. This after such a dismal prognosis, stage IIIC, axillary and sentinel nodes totally replaced by tumor and extra encapsulated 12 positive nodes, no clear margins, her 2 pos. etc, etc, blah , blah blah.....
Lost my mom, her mom, and her only sister to this beast...
and scared sh**less looking at the sad , pitying faces of so many looking back at me... back then
but here I am today ; happy, healthy, having belly laughs every day. retired to a tropical paradise and living life LARGE with daily gratitude and the love of my life!
There is so much hope now, many of us are out there living our lives way beyond this.
Wishing you all that this sucky experience will be a distant and fading memory.
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Loving this.....Congrats Linda!
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Very happy for you! You guys are my hope!!
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lkc, thank you for sharing your inspiring message! Congrats on your 13 years and here's to many, many more! It's so nice to have a reminder that you can live a very fulfilling and happy life after a breast cancer diagnosis. We know many here will appreciate hearing from you!
Warmly,
--The Mods
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Linda - I was so glad to see this! I'm right behind you. Curious: where is your tropical paradise? We are practicing being retired on weekends at our cabin on the Oregon coast (hardly tropical, but we love it!)
Happy hugs,
Julie
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Hi Julie,, Eleuthera in the Bahamas!
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ikc--so wonderful to hear your news. Gives all of us hope!
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Congratulations,lkc!
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Thank you for giving me much hope, esp. good from a iiic er/pr-, her2+ like m
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Hi Linda!
I’m so happy to see your post and celebrate your 13 year milestone!
I wish you many many more years of health and happiness!!
Hugs,
Les
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Yeah. So happy to hear this.
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Big congratulations to you, Linda! So happy for you!
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Great news !!! During your annual visits what kind of tests do you get?
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Irsreyes,
physical exam and Just labs now as i have no medical complaints.
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Congrats to you one of my beacons !
love n light Cheryl
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Love these life-affirming threads! Thank you for coming back and posting....it means so much!
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Congratulations Linda, may you have many manymore healthy years.
💗 Karen
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