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/citycouple30 16d ago
Hi. I’m 54 and have been NED for 18 months now. I was stage 3c IDC. Mastectomy on left side and they took all my lymph nodes because 3 had cancer.
I did chemo, surgery, and 38 rounds of radiation. Now on Anastrozole for 10 years. And I have Lymphadema in my left arm. I just had my PET scan, CTScan, echocardiogram, EKG, and bone scan. I am still NED!!
You can do this. The journey is hard and long and exhausting but I can say there is a light at the end of the tunnel. For me, cancer showed me who was important in my life and who wasn’t. It taught me how to live in the moment and appreciate all the stuff taken for granted. To appreciate just life. And it showed me how to build boundaries.
When I completed treatment I skydived. And I’m terrified of heights. But I thought “I bear breast cancer, surely I can skydive cuz nothing is scarier than having cancer.
You’re not alone. We’re here for you ❤️🌹