20 years of Stage 4 MBC de novo!!!
Yay me! Today is the start of my 20th year of Stage 4 Metastatic Breast Cancer de novo! 20 years of chemo sure has been a challenge. And after 20 years of CT and PET scans, why don't I glow in the dark? Doing my best to hang in here and I sure have been Blessed!
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Congratulations Denny! You give us all hope.
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Awesome! Keep on going, wishing you many more milestones to celebrate.
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Wow! Hearty congratulations on this milestone
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Hurray! and wishing you many more years!
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This is amazing Denny !
I can only hope I have longevity you do. That would be a dream. So happy for you !
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Yaaaay, Denny!!!!
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Yay Denny! You are like the energizer bunny! You have seen many new and amazing treatments come along, and you’ve been a trailblazer in that area. Thank you for giving the rest of us hope! -
Way to go, Denny! Twenty years, and counting! So glad you're here and sharing this milestone with us today.
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Denny123, thanks for inspiring us all!!!!
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Sohappy for you, Denny!
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Woohoo. Celebrate the day and everyday forward..
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Wonderful news, Denny. So happy for you and your family.
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Denny: you don't know how you lifted me up today. There is always hope. I remember you from when I got my initial DX and I thought -- wow - I am not going to die tomorrow. I am so happy for you.
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Denny,
Wonderful and yet again wonderful!
Tina
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Denny, fantastic news! Thank you for sharing - we celebrate with you and you give us all hope:)
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Congratulations!!! Gives me hope -- although 20 years of MBC would put me at 97. This week is my one-month with MBC, hoping to be posting here for a long time.
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Congratulations Denny!! Your wonderful news really lifted my spirits this morning!
Here is 120 🥂
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This is just curiosity more than anything else but how do you know you are not cured.
Like do they still see cancer on the scan and its inactive or what do they see on the scans.
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Thanks so much everyone! Love you all!
Sunnidays-there is no cure for Stage 4 since there will always be cancer cells circulating in our bodies. And I do have a spot in my liver, so it might be a liver recurrence.
No cure, but it is treated like a chronic disease with meds forever...like diabetes.
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Long-term controls of the disease for those of us with MBC seemes to be the way things are going as opposed to there being a cure, diying with it and not of it.
congratulation on your long-term control long may it last.
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How amazing Denny! What a milestone to reach! Continue to celebrate your life. You give me so much hope 😊🎉
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Fantastic Denny 🎉🎉🎉
Thanks for sharing, you provide so much hope.
Meja
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Denny congratulations 🎉 we are all celebrating with you and thanks for sharing your milestone with us. I know it was not easy 20 years ups and downs. Here is to many many years of celebrations 🥂
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Thank you for posting!! This brings such hope and joy! I am in awe and teary.
Heather
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20 years is so awesome Denny! Happy dance over here for you!
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yassssss Denny! Congratulations!!
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Thanks everyone!!!!!
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How wonderful! Many congratulations Denny, I'm so happy to read this!
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Congrats on 20 years Denny! That's quite a milestone.
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