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03-17-2007, 04:59 PM
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Sandy,
Congratulations !!!! So happy for you. I just celebrated my 3 year anniversary and was so happy for that.. looking forward to my 6th !!
By the way , we live in Mass. and have a "camp" in Solon on Ironbound Pond. Ever heard of it ? We have owned it since '89 and it is my true escape.. love it up there.
Carol
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03-17-2007, 08:14 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Northern Calif.
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Sandy,
Six years and counting! WooHoo!! You are an inspiration to me. Thank you for all you do. I look forward to reading your posts for many years to come.
Hugs,
Lexi
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03-18-2007, 04:44 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: UK
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Congratulations Sandy! Ever since I found this forum your posts have shone like a beacon to me giving me hope and inspiration. To see that you have reached your six year mark gives us all a warm and hopeful feeling inside. Best present any of us could have!
Sandy, you rock!
love,
Taffy.
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03-18-2007, 08:47 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Newton, MA
Posts: 951
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Congratulations!!!
Thank you for posting this milestone, Sandy. You are such an inspiration to all of us who visit this support group. I live in the Boston area and can relate to the storm you mentioned.
I wish you many more years to come, with fun trips and adventures such as you had in Florida this winter.
Best wishes,
Barbara H.
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03-18-2007, 12:23 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Lumberton, Mississippi
Posts: 118
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6 year anniversary
Congratulations Sandy. It is so great to hear news of anniversary dates from the people on this site. I am 2 years out, and feel so blessed to be a member here. So many posts from you have given me hope. You are always so upbeat, and so willing to help anyone you can.
Linda
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Diagnosed 12/23/04
Biopsy 12/28/04
Lumpectomy 1/04/05
IDC, ER-PR-, HER2Neu+++
7mm tumor, Stage 1, Grade 3
6 CAF's
38 Rads
Finished 10/05
"Worry looks around. Sorry looks back. Faith looks up."
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03-18-2007, 03:38 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Henderson, NE
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Sandy, congrats!! I was so happy to meet you last Dec in SAn Antonio. I use your story alot when I meet women with IBC. Keep doing what you are doing to survive, because it's working!!!
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Michele Ulmer
dx: August 2003 stage 3b 35 pos nodes ER/PR neg Her+
4 AC 12 weekly taxol
one year Herceptin in trial
35 rad tx
vaccine trial Seattle
NED
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03-18-2007, 04:45 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Naples FL
Posts: 1,744
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Congratulations on your milestone, Sandy! I look forward to meeting you someday in Maine!!!
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 Suzan W.
age 54 at diagnosis
5/05 suspicious mammogram-left breast
5/05 biopsy-invasive lobular carcinoma with LCIS,8mm tumor,stage 1 grade 2, ER+ PR+ Her2+++
6/14/05 bilateral mastectomy, node neg. all scans neg.
Oncotype DX-high risk
8/05-10/05 4 rounds A/C
10/05 -10/06 1 yr. herceptin
arimidex-5 years
2/14/08 started daily self administered injections..FORTEO for severe osteoporosis
7/28/09 BRCA 1 negative BRCA2 POSITIVE
8/17/09 prophylactic salpingo-oophorectomy
10/15/10 last FORTEOinjection
RECLAST infusion(ostoeporosis)
6/14/10 5 year cancerversary!
8/2010-18%increase in bone density!
no further treatments
Oncologist says, "Go do the Happy Dance"
I say,"What a long strange trip its been"
'One day at a time'
6-14-2015. 10 YEAR CANCERVERSARY!
7-16 to 9-16. Extensive (and expensive) dental work done to save teeth. Damage from osteoporosis and chemo and long term bisphosphonate use
6-14-16. 11 YEAR CANCERVERSARY!!
7-20-16 Prolia injection for severe osteoporosis
2 days later, massive hive outbreak. This led to an eventual dx of Chronic Ideopathic Urticaria, an auto-immune disease from HELL.
6-14-17 12 YEAR CANCERVERSARY!!
still suffering from CIU. 4 hospitilizations in the past year
as of today, 10-31-17 in remission from CIU and still, CANCER FREE!!!
6-14-18 13 YEAR CANCERVERSARY!! NED!!
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03-18-2007, 08:17 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Oregon
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Sandy, I agree you look darling in that cute pink, ribbon vest. We are all so happy for your 6 year anniversary. Wish it did not have to be so difficult along the way. I hope this finds you well and that snow starts melting.
Catherine
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Catherine
Found my own lump in the shower
April 2006 at the age of 58
Stage IIB, ER- PR- HER2+++ multi focal tumors, largest 2.3cm
Chemo first: AC/Taxol over 16 weeks
Bilateral mastectomy Sep 06
33 rads after the surgery
1 year of Herceptin completed Dec 07
15 years and no recurrence as of April 2021
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03-18-2007, 09:23 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Bradenton,FL
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Many congrats from me as well,Sandy! Here's to many many more!!!!!!! CHEERS!
Marcia
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03-18-2007, 09:43 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: SW Virginia
Posts: 50
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Thanks for the inspiration!
Sandy:
Congratulations on your anniversary! It is such an inspiration for me, who started this journey only a little over a month ago to know that there are success stories like yours.
God bless and keep you!
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Susan in VA
Determined to be a VICTOR not VICTIM - by the grace of God!
DX 2/8/07 at 48
1.75 cm IDC in left breast, Stage 1
Grade 3, ER-/PR-/HER 3+
Lumpectomy 3/7/07, 5/5 nodes clear, clear margins
Starting TCH on 4/9/07, every 3 weeks X 4 treatments - Completed on 6/12/2007
33 rads to began 7/2/07 and completed on 8/22/07
Herceptin every 3 weeks until April '08
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03-19-2007, 08:52 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Oregon
Posts: 1,756
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Sandy, I'm adding my CONGRATULATIONS! Here's to milestones and living!!!
<3Lolly
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Sept.'99 - Dx.Stage IIIB, IDC ER/PR-, HER2+++ by IHC, confirmed '04 by FISH. Left MRM, AC x's 4, Taxol x's 4, 33 Rads, finishing Tx May 2000. Jan.'01 - local/regional recurrence, Stage IV. Herceptin/Navelbine weekly till NED August 2001, then maintenance Herceptin. Right Mast. April 2002. Local/Regional recurrence April '04, Herceptin plus/minus chemo until May '07. Gemzar added from Feb.'07-April '07; Tykerb/Abraxane until August '07, back on Herceptin plus Taxotere and Xeloda Sept. '07. Stopped T/X Nov. '07, stopped Herceptin Dec. '07, started Avastin/Taxol/Carboplatin Dec. '07. Progression in chest skin, stopped TAC March '03, started radiation.
Herceptin has served as the "Backbone" of my treatment strategy for over 6 years, giving me great quality of life. In 2005, I was privileged to participate in the University of Washington/Seattle HER2 Vaccine Trial.
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03-19-2007, 08:54 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Grand Rapids, MI
Posts: 1,516
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Sandy...
Here's to MANY, MANY MANY more "6 years". Take care and God bless.
Huggs,
Rhonda
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Rhonda
Dx 2/1/05, Stage 1, 0 nodes, Grade 3, ER/PR-, HER2+ (3.16 Fish)
2/7/05, Partial Mastectomy
5/18/05 Finished 6 rounds of dose dense TEC (Taxotere, Epirubicin and Cytoxan)
8/1/05 Finished 33 rads
8/18/05 Started Herceptin, every 3 weeks for a year (last one 8/10/06)
2/1/13...8 year Cancerversary and I am "perfect" (at least where cancer is concerned;)
" And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."- Abraham Lincoln
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