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sassy · 04-16-2011, 05:59 PM

Hey Darlene,

I'm a triple positive too, but with 5/14 positive nodes and I'm still here kicking 6 years later.

Cancer will always be a part of your life, but it will recede into the back ground more and more as time goes on.

I once described it to a friend as having a box that I keep the cancer in. Sometimes I need to open the box and take it out and look at it, sometimes I need to just open the lid and peek in, but more and more I can just leave it in the box and know that I can deal with the box just being something that was in my life.

Keep the faith.

04-16-2011, 05:59 PM	#9
sassy Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Mountains of Virginia Posts: 2,267	Re: Consumed with fear of recurrence Hey Darlene, I'm a triple positive too, but with 5/14 positive nodes and I'm still here kicking 6 years later. Cancer will always be a part of your life, but it will recede into the back ground more and more as time goes on. I once described it to a friend as having a box that I keep the cancer in. Sometimes I need to open the box and take it out and look at it, sometimes I need to just open the lid and peek in, but more and more I can just leave it in the box and know that I can deal with the box just being something that was in my life. Keep the faith. __________________ Rhonda (Sassy) dx age 45 DX 2/15/05 Stage IIb (at surgery)restaged IIIa Left mast .9cm tumor 5 of 14 nodes Triple Positive 4 DD A/C 12 Taxol/Herceptin 33Rads Strange infect mast site one year aft surg, hosp 1 wk Herceptin for total of 18 months Lupron Monthly 4 yrs Neurontin for aches, pains and hot flashes(It works!) Ovaries removed 11/09 stop Lupron and Neurontin Arimidex 6 yrs (tried Femara, no SE improvement) Tried Exemestane-hips got so bad could hardly walk Back to Arimidex for year seven Zometa 2X Annual for 7years, Lasix Stop Arimidex 5/13 Stop Zometa 7/13-Bi-lateral Stress Fractures in Femurs from Zometa 5/14 Start Tamoxifen 3/15 Stem cell transplant to stimulate femur bone growth/healing 5/15 Complete fracture of right femur/Titanium rods both femurs 9/16 Start Evista stopTamoxifen 3/17 Stop Evista--unwelcome side effects! NED and no meds....... 14YEARS NED!