Hi all,
my 5 year anniversaries are all coming up. But when do I count it from? 5 years since lump found by me? 5 years since given the diagnosis? 5 years since surgery to cut the beast out of me? 5 years since end of primary treatment? When finish 5 years hormone treatment end (slightly scary though that is)?
Well, I think in different ways I’ll celebrate all dates, why not, I’m alive and healthy!
I was 38 with a 4 and a 2 year old when dx. Tumour was 3.7cm, had 5/7 nodes involved, er and pr++. Had lumpectomy, chemo and 6 weeks rads a flight away from my family so had to stay there in the week. It was hard going but I had tremendous support from this site, from those who understood so much more than family or friends ever could.
Like others on here, I had terrible chemo brain for ages, which only gradually improved, and I didn’t feel like myself for yonks, but you get used to a new normal, adjust life, and think about cancer less and less. I’m living life to the full, travelling as much as I can and enjoying my girls.
Good luck to all, and happy St.Patrick’s Day
Kinden xx
Must still be problems since they ‘improved’ the site, trying again to get this posted!! X
Congratulations on the big 5 years, I would definitely celebrate them all! I am just starting out on this journey and can not wait to reach that milestone xx
Congratulations…just what I needed to hear on this awful grey morning. I am halfway through chemo treatment and I so needed a push to carry on. Well done!! So pleased for you and your family xxxx
Thanks Jlr and Irenee, and all the best to you both. There have been some lumps and bumps along the way, but it feels amazing to have reached this point.
Kinden xx
Congrats… Kinden. We’re getting there! We’re both products of the Tact 2 trial.
Enjoy life…
xx