5 Year Cancerversary!!
 

So, it has happened. I made it to my 5 year. It is bringing up some very pent up emotions. Time has a way of healing and also a way of trying to erase fears. The fear of death. I woke up every day for 2 years, thinking, is this going to be the day the cancer returns. Day by day, then week to week, then year to year. It did not return. I want new members to see my story of having 35 postive lymph nodes and see a ray of light at the end of the chemo tunnel. Herceptin has saved my life. No one knows what will happen next week, but for now, I'm cancer free. With breast cancer, I know there is never a magic number of years we can let our breath out with a sigh of relief, but 5 years, wow. I thank God every day for Herceptin. I thank God every day for getting picked to receive the Herceptin in the clinical trial, and I thank God for this website! It truly saved my emotional life that first year of treatment. I stumbled across it one night searching on the internet for anything that might save my life. Instead, I found a life line of friends that were going through the same thing that I was, with the same kind of cancer that my oncologist told me was so "rare". Thanks Joe and Christine for starting this website!! I love you both and I love all my Her2support friends!!

Congratulations, Michele!!!!! And, what an awesome inspiring post! You keep on rolling!

Michelle,

I "stumbled" upon this site while searching for anything I could find on my cancer that would give me hope. The post I stumbled upon was yours, stating how you had 35 positive nodes, but were cancer free at almost two years out due to Herceptin. I bookmarked that post and read it every time I hit panic mode. You gave me such hope, that my 5 positive nodes did not doom me.

Congratulations on your five years and may they grow exponentially!

Michele,

That is amazing! Thank you so much for sharing. You ought to be a poster child for the Her-2 breast cancer survivors.

Congratulations!

Congratulations on your Five year cancerversary!!! That is the most wonderful news!! I had no node involement, but my onc told me that normally that would be good news, but not in my case because of the Her2. Your news is music to my ears!!


It is nice to see you posting again, your posts were an inspiration to me when I was first diagnosed almost 3 yrs ago.


Thanks Michele, here is to another 5 + another 5 + plus another 5 + another 25 +

Congratulations!!

Michele,

I am so happy for you. Congratulations!

Karen

Wow Michele....5 yrs!!! Right on!! I am so happy for you!
Maryanne

Congratulations! You are an inspiration to the rest of us!

Michele,

Congratulations on reaching the 5-year mark!

Joan

So happy that you reached year 5! Keep em comin'!

Congratulations Michele! I remember a few months back when you were worried that this day wouldn't come.

Your story is truly amazing and gives hope to all of us.

Celebrate!!!!!

Your cancerversary is amazing and wonderful, but the hope you share out does all else! Congratulations and prayers for many, many more. ma

Congratulations,

And many thanks for that wonderful message.

Congratulations! I hope you have many more NED years!

YEAH Michele - you know you ROCK girl!

Love ya ~ Ruth

Michele, You have always been an inspiration to me from the start. I will also be 5 years this coming March but not NED. I was NED for the first three years after the initial treatment. I have been fighting active cancer for about 1 1/2 years. But I plan on being NED soon. I know we will have many more years NED or not. Take Care. Sally

Michele,

Happy 5 year cancerversary! You are an inspiration and I am so happy that you are doing well!! It gives many of us hope!!

Lexi

Congratulations!!!!!!

Mazel Tov, Michelle!!! woo-hoooiiee!