[Jackie07]

[Introduced this thread to one of our new members. Then I noticed SoCalGal's tally (145 years for all 33 members) Thought I'd double check and add the others following her posting. And I came up with 220 years and three months. I also noticed that many other Stage IV sisters are not on the list - the founder of this support group, Christine (12 years) and AndiBB (13 years), to name a few.

And it suddenly downed on me that I myself have survived my first diagnosis of stage I for 8 years. My recurrence in 2007, a Stage IIb, was caused by a series of failures of the medical staff - the surgeon thought she had had a clean margin, she didn't; the radiologist thought the shadow on the mammograms was 'scar tissue', it wasn't; my family doctor thought I was hypochondriac, he was wrong ...

Will I have another recurence and become stage IV one of these days? Nobody knows. But just knowing the fact that so many of our stage IV sisters have beat the odds/on maintenance/receiving active treatment gives me confidence that whatever happens in the future, there is hope.

Thank you, stage iv sisters, for sharing your fighting spirit and triumphs with us. 6-15-2011]

Name________(Initial Dianosis) Stage IV Diagnosis_____Triumph years since Stage IV
__________________________________________________ _________________NED = No Evidence of Disease


Trish____________________(May 2004) Dec. 2006______4 yr 6 month and counting
Pam P______________(June 2001)Sept. 2002___________8 yr 9 month and counting
Colleen007_______________Oct. 2005________________5 yr 8 month and counting
Missyw_____________(Jan. 2001)Aug. 2006___________4 yr 10 month and counting
Joan M__________________(Sept.2003)Jan. 2007_______4 yr 5 month and counting
Kathy T__________________Jan. 2003________________8 yr 5 month and counting
Nancy L__________________Feb. 2009________________2 yr 4 month and counting
Chelee___________________(Dec. 2005) Sept2009______5 yr 6 month and counting
Lori R____________________Oct. 2007________________3 yr 6 month and counting
Deena H_________________(March 2010) Oct. 2010_____9 month and counting
Barbara H________________May 2004 ________________7 yr 1 month and counting
Chrisy______________(June2001)Sept. 2004 ____________6 yr 9 month and counting
Sheila___________________(Feb. 2002)Sept. 2003 ______7 yr 9 month and counting
Nsebesta_________________May 2004 ________________7 yr 1 month and counting
Mamacze ________________(2001)2004________________7 yr and counting
Ceesun___________________over 4 years______________4 yr and counting
Hutchibk_________________(Nov2003)Aug. 2005 _______5 yr 10 month and counting
Emilieb___________________Jan. 2010 ________________1 yr 5 month and counting (14m NED)
DEBBIE S__________________Oct. 2004 ________________6 yr 8 month and counting
Krisvell___________________(June 2009)Nov. 2010 ______8 month and counting
SuThorn__________________Sept. 2007 _______________3 yr 9 month and counting
CourtneyL ________________April 2008 _______________3 yr 2 month and counting
Hema____________________(2010)March 2011_________3 month and counting
Schoolteacher_____________Dec. 2007________________3 yr 6 month and counting
SoCalGal_______(1996; 2002) March 2007______________4 yr 3 month and counting
Mary L___________________(Oct 2003)July 2004________6 yr 11 month and counting
PatE_____________________Oct 2007_________________3 yr 8 month and counting (NED)
KDR______________________June 2010________________1 yr and counting (4 m NED)
Flossie____________________(Jan 2006)July 2008________2 yr 11 month and counting
Marilyn______________July 2001______________________9 yr 11 month and counting
Kim in CA____________(Feb 1997)Sept 2001_____________9 yr 9 month and counting (6 yr NED)
Adriana Mangus______(June 1994)July 2003_____________7 yr 11 month and counting
Kim in DC____________(Aug 1998)Feb. 2008 _____________3 yr 4 month and counting
Fauxgypsy_________________Feb 2007 _________________4 yr 4 month and counting
DianaMK _________________(Dec 2006) June 2010________1 yr and counting
Tonya____________________Aug 2006__________________4 yr 10 month and counting
Asahizuru_____________(1990, 1996)2002 _______________9 yr and counting
Vivienne [Mom of]__________March 2011_______________3 month and counting
Radiant __________________(2005)2010_________________1 yr 6 month and counting
Ahoff ____________________May 2010__________________1 yr 6 month and counting
Sherryg683________________Dec. 2005__________________5 yr 6 month and counting
Kavy_____________________(April 2005)Nov. 2005________5 yr 7 month and counting
DQ1______________________(May 2009)Feb 2011_________4 month and counting
Unregistered_______________Jan. 2007__________________4 yr 5 month and counting
[DMWARN] [wife]______(1999)2000 _____________________11 yr and counting
Linda b___________________Jan. 2007___________________4 yr 5 month and counting
Angela R__________________(2009)April 2011_____________2 month and counting
Hraby73 __________________April 2011__________________2 month and counting
Kmswilson ________________(Dec 2010) Jan 2011 __________5 month and counting
Mtngrl (Amy)______________(April 2011)May 2011 ________1 month and counting
Vicky_____________________March 2011_________________3 month and counting
tammymarie1971___________(Dec 2001) March 2004_______7 yr 3 month and counting
StephN_______________(Sept 2000) Jan 2002______________8 yr 5 month and counting

Total 53 members (who have posted on this thread) and 236 year 10 months as of June 18, 2011

From NancyL: Go to http://www.mbcnetwork.org/ and read stories about women who have been metastic for many many years. I also have a good friend, Stage IV for 11 years, continuously on Herceptin and doing well.