Re: 12 Years and Stage IV - No sign of my cancer
 

Thanks for always keeping us informed and providing us with much needed hope!

Re: 12 Years and Stage IV - No sign of my cancer
 

Yipee, Steph, you're encouraging!

Re: 12 Years and Stage IV - No sign of my cancer
 

Love your happy news, Steph! Love you too... So proud of you.

ANDI

Re: 12 Years and Stage IV - No sign of my cancer
 

Steph..you are a rockstar!!! So happy for you!

Re: 12 Years and Stage IV - No sign of my cancer
 

Thank you for this post! So happy for you and it gives me hope for my mom who is 6 months out of treatment and on Herceptin and hormones.

Re: 12 Years and Stage IV - No sign of my cancer
 

Thank you so much for your hope and inspiration, Steph!

Love,

Caroline

Re: 12 Years and Stage IV - No sign of my cancer
 

Wonderful News Steph! You are amazing and such an inspiration for all of us! Thank you!!

Carol Ann

Re: 12 Years and Stage IV - No sign of my cancer
 

Truly wonderful to hear...Huge blessings to you!! :)

Re: 12 Years and Stage IV - No sign of my cancer
 

Cool Beans, Steph! It is always so good to hear happy news like yours. Raising my glass and toasting you with: Here's to the next 12!

Re: 12 Years and Stage IV - No sign of my cancer
 

You are who I want to be when I grow up. I have liver mets too. After half my liver removed, they grew back. After 7 chemos, they kept growing. It took the combination of perjeta and gamma knife to do it, but now I am stable, with cancer seen but no activity. I've been off chemo since last summer. On perjeta and herceptin only. I feel fantastic.

I would love for this to go on for 12 years or more. You make me know that it is possible. I'm starting to live like a "normal" person again, not talking about cancer all the time, feeling like I have a future.....but I always felt that was temporary. You give me hope. Maybe we are outliers but what a beautiful place to be!

Congratulations!

Re: 12 Years and Stage IV - No sign of my cancer
 

I was glad to log on and see your great news Steph!! Congratulations!! You are an inspiration and help to give me hope!
Hugs,
Kelly S. (Kansas)

Re: 12 Years and Stage IV - No sign of my cancer
 

XOXO!!!
You are " keep the faith" in action!

Re: 12 Years and Stage IV - No sign of my cancer
 

Congratulations! The best kinda news we all love to read. Wishing you continued NED status for decades to come.

hugs,
shobha

Re: 12 Years and Stage IV - No sign of my cancer
 

AWESOME! You go Girl!

Re: 12 Years and Stage IV - No sign of my cancer
 

Sooo happy for you Steph! Congrats and best wishes for continued wellness always!
Hugs & prayers,
Joanne

Re: 12 Years and Stage IV - No sign of my cancer
 

Yeah Steph! So happy for the good news.

Re: 12 Years and Stage IV - No sign of my cancer
 

Hi StephN,

Looking forward to many more, and I'm with you as a stage I NED.

I've always wished that a trial would be designed around those who have been in remission for very long times, to find out what our characteristics are, to use to tease out histories and physical aspects that could be helpful to others. Any chance any oncs/researchers might be willing to take that challenge on?

A.A.

Re: 12 Years and Stage IV - No sign of my cancer
 

Thanks, everyone. I wish for you all to have the same long results I have had. It has not always been a easy road and "something" seems to come up every couple of years as a health concern that I have to deal with. (Ha! The downside of fighting to stay alive...)

A.A. - I have heard talk of a survey of stage IV types who have been able to stay stable/NED for years either staying on Herceptin or going off of it. But, nothing concrete. I would hope some entity would get around to it!

Re: 12 Years and Stage IV - No sign of my cancer
 

Steph,
How wonderful, so thrilled to read your post of 12 years.
You are my Hero.
Continued Blessings.
jean

Re: 12 Years and Stage IV - No sign of my cancer
 

Steph, Let me chime in to say how happy I am to read this wonderful news! I always look to your posts for guidance and inspiration...thank you for that as well! Ceesun