Now 14 years later with Stage IIIC

YATCOMW
YATCOMW Member Posts: 664
edited October 2018 in Stage III Breast Cancer

The month of May is a bit of 'old home week'.......with many of the "old timers" popping in with their cancerversaries......

We saw 7 years (hopefour).......... 12 years (sugarplum/Julie)........ 13 years(lkc/Linda)........and mine now with 14 years out.

Someone asked me why do I still come back to the boards.....is it the fear that keeps me coming back? This couldn't be the farthest from the truth.

Those of us that started way back when and used this site....didn't have the Stage III Forum as a stand alone forum. We had to hunt and peck our way through posts trying to find someone.....anyone that had some diagnosis that was close to ours. It wasn't easy (if at all) to find people years out with a Stage III diagnosis. I had to search outside to find two people that had a cancer as bad as mine through a friend and a doctor. With a huge 8cm tumor and at least 17 nodes positive.....no clear margins.....COX 3+++.....in my skin....it was hard to find some light deep in the darkness of a cancer diagnosis...and with young children. So... the reason I come back....and I am sure the others....is to shine that light....to give that hope......that if all of us can do well.......you can too. Finding those two women at the beginning of my diagnosis helped me to simply --- put one foot in front of the other.... they were literally life savers.

I pray some day in the very near future that hope comes in the form of a cure.......but until then..... I wish for you that our stories give you hope in the meantime. Keep living & loving.....don't let cancer take any more from you.

Fists up,

Jacqueline


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  • Moderators
    Moderators Member Posts: 25,912
    edited May 2018

    Lovely post, Jacqueline! Thank you for the reminder that there is always light at the end of the tunnel You are an inspiration and your message will surely encourage others who are just starting, or are in the middle of this journey. We wish you many, many more happy and healthy years!

    --The Mods


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  • Meow13
    Meow13 Member Posts: 4,859
    edited May 2018

    Really good to hear from you, thanks for your post.

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  • anotherNYCGirl
    anotherNYCGirl Member Posts: 1,033
    edited May 2018

    Jacqueline, - THANK YOU for your post!!

    WIshing you MANY, MANY more happy anniversary posts !!!

    Fists up, here, too!



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  • LeesaD
    LeesaD Member Posts: 383
    edited June 2018

    Jacqueline - Thank You for checking in and for your awesome post!!! I wish you continued health!! 👊💪👍❤️

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  • lkc
    lkc Member Posts: 1,203
    edited May 2018

    Jacqueline you were the light for me back then when it seemed soooo bad!I .

    Thank you for always coming back and congratulations on your blessed good health!

    Right behind you at 13.


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  • Lucy55
    Lucy55 Member Posts: 3,044
    edited June 2018

    Jaqueline...yay ..great news ..thanks so much for sharing !!!

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  • hopefour
    hopefour Member Posts: 459
    edited June 2018

    You always write the most beautiful posts that often bring me to tears...tears of fellowship, hope and identifying in your posts...thank you for expressing this journey so well. Thank you also for sharing yourself in serving us with your gifts of hope. I always love seeing your posts and am grateful as they have always been a life line for me. This May is 7 years for me and I am very grateful!! Congrats on your 14 years and my The Lord continue to bless you with many many more!!

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  • sugarplum
    sugarplum Member Posts: 318
    edited June 2018

    Jacqueline, as I keep saying: you are the center of OUR world. I too have been inspired by your posts for lo, these many years - it's been great to hold hands with you across cyberspace! And yes, you nailed it - when we Stage IIIs were diagnosed, it was indeed a bleak lonely landscape we faced. Now we've become part of this forum with so many women who really get each other.

    Long may our journey continue...

    Julie

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  • buttonsmachine
    buttonsmachine Member Posts: 930
    edited June 2018

    Your post really encouraged me, thank you! That's truly wonderful news. Many congratulations to you!

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  • YATCOMW
    YATCOMW Member Posts: 664
    edited June 2018

    Hopefour...... I missed your cancerversary this month......I added you to my post:).....so many this month.

    Jacqueline

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  • beauz
    beauz Member Posts: 207
    edited June 2018

    Many congratulations to you. I am very grateful for your regular posts.

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  • DeeMay
    DeeMay Member Posts: 28
    edited June 2018

    Congratulations YATCOMW! I am coming up on 6 years this month and in that time have found huge comfort in reading your posts and those of other ladies like, IKC, hopefour, Sugarplum....... Had check up with oncologist yesterday and he's happy for me to continue taking Arimidex for at least another 2 years. Whatever it takes...I am so grateful to be here! I will be raising a glass to all you ladies this weekend......here's to us!!!

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  • jenni__ca
    jenni__ca Member Posts: 461
    edited June 2018

    dx'd june 2004 here .... so 14 years for me too

    Smileoh my guess i'd better edit my profile !!

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  • YATCOMW
    YATCOMW Member Posts: 664
    edited June 2018

    Jenni.....we have a date.....same time next year we will post together on the Stage III---15+ years out!

    Jacqueline

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  • jenni__ca
    jenni__ca Member Posts: 461
    edited June 2018

    oooh it's a date !!

    can we have champagne ???

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  • nonomimi5
    nonomimi5 Member Posts: 434
    edited June 2018

    To Jacqueline and everyone here to inspire and support the newbies,

    You are the rock for this website and I admire your courage and strength to not let BC define you.

    Thank you for remembering us and prayers to you all for many more healthy and happy years!

    mimi

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  • kar123
    kar123 Member Posts: 273
    edited June 2018

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  • TectonicShift
    TectonicShift Member Posts: 752
    edited July 2020

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  • IAmElaine
    IAmElaine Member Posts: 87
    edited June 2018

    What a great post, Jacqueline! Congratulations on a tremendous milestone! And congrats to all of the other lovely ladies who are reaching their own big milestones! There are so many of us out here who are thriving and living our lives large! I do believe it is important that we come back to offer encouragement and hope to others. That is the reason I come here and post. To give hope.

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  • Shellsatthebeach
    Shellsatthebeach Member Posts: 316
    edited June 2018

    Thank you Jacqueline and all the lovely ladies that have been an inspiration for us stage III gals. You bring so much hope!

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  • Lea7777
    Lea7777 Member Posts: 274
    edited June 2018

    YATCOMW, just reading the subject one of your post will bring encouragement to more than you know. The other postings further bolster that encouragement and hope. Best wishes to you all.

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  • FarAwayToo
    FarAwayToo Member Posts: 255
    edited June 2018

    Jacqueline, I'm not stage 3, but when I was just beginning my treatment I came up on some of your posts, and you gave me such hope. I had chemo first, and not knowing where I stood was hard, but I kept coming back and reading your posts. Whenever I was down, I would come back and read your posts, and my burden felt lighter.

    Congrats on your 14 years. And thank you from the bottom of my heart for posting and shining that light to all of us.

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  • HoneyBeaw
    HoneyBeaw Member Posts: 212
    edited June 2018

    Yat

    Thank you for posting, Im stage 2 but reading your post gives me so much hope and I very much appreciate every long term survivor posting. Its scary and while I work hard at keeping my chin up some days its just a little more then I can handle . Reading post like yours makes sleeping easier .

    Huggs

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  • MMac
    MMac Member Posts: 31
    edited August 2018

    Thank you for such inspiration I am now 7 years out and have many more years to look forward to.

    Mary

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  • PreludeSing
    PreludeSing Member Posts: 102
    edited August 2018

    L.o.v.e

    T.h.i.s

    T.h.r.e.a.d

    🙏🙏 May all of us stay blessed

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  • Misstic
    Misstic Member Posts: 115
    edited August 2018

    Thank you Jacqueline.

    My surgery is tomorrow after six monts of chemo.

    It gives me hope.

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  • victoriasecret
    victoriasecret Member Posts: 333
    edited September 2018

    THANKS you were there for me !

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  • faith71
    faith71 Member Posts: 9
    edited October 2018

    Thank you for the post Jacqueline, it does spur a lot of hope for all of us here. I was diagnosed exactly 3 years ago with 20/24 positive nodes and was completely devastated but hey, I just passed my mammo and blood test yesterday and thankful that I am still here. Only 3 years and counting and hoping to be where you are at right now. Wishing you and all the ladies here continued health.

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