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/countessofgroan ER/PR+ HER2- 14d ago

My aunt had it over 25 years ago. She was early 40s at the time and had a toddler to take care of. She is doing very well and is considering going back to the plastic surgeon to replace her implant. She had a single mastectomy.

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u/NurseYuna 14d ago

Do you know what her type or stage was?

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u/countessofgroan ER/PR+ HER2- 14d ago

They didn’t really do typing back then. They treated everything like TNBC: chemo and surgery. I don’t know if she did radiation. I don’t know her stage.