[PinkGirl]

Thanks for your thoughtful replies. I, too, don't want to offend anyone with my beliefs and I'm hoping that this is a place where I can be honest about how I feel.

I don't personally know anyone who has lived a long life after
being dx. with breast cancer. I have known friends and acquaintances
who had breast cancer and they all lived from 5 to 7 years. My
oncologist told me that he could give me a lot of statisitics but he
could not tell me what my outcome would be. I have read a lot about
the disease and have come to believe that it "usually comes back".
I hope I am wrong.

I enjoy your posts Madame DuBois. You always make me smile. I
so admire you for how you live with and fight this crappy disease and
manage to almost always stay in your "happy place". Thanks for the
reminder to not keep my shoulders up by my ears!