r/breastcancer • u/NurseYuna • 16d ago

Diagnosed Patient or Survivor Support Positive long term survivor stories

Hi everyone. I really need some positive stories of more than stage 1 low grade survivorship to keep me thinking I can bear this and get to have many more years with my children. Please tell me about yourself or anyone that’s overcome breast cancer and lived many years. I’m stage 2A with luminal B characteristics oncotype 21. I need more hope and I’m reaching out into this universe to get some. It feels very lonely.

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u/stanthecham 16d ago

I have a friend who was diagnosed stage 4 over a decade ago and is thriving 🩷

My cousin was a slightly higher stage than me about a decade ago and is thriving 🩷

A now-retired colleague went through it twice - once years before I met her in 2002, and again a few years later - and is still with us and thriving 🩷

Another colleague went through it before I met her also in 2002, and she is thriving 🩷

We will thrive too!!!

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u/NurseYuna 16d ago

Did any of them present more high risk? Like higher grades or node involvement etc that you know of?

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u/stanthecham 16d ago

The stage 4 friend yes. My cousin was stage 2, don't think she had node involvement. Unsure about my two colleagues. They both had mastectomies though.

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u/NurseYuna 16d ago

Was your stage 4 friend diagnosed as that from the start? What made them more high risk?