please share your experience and hope
2007-01-17 15:11:57 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Cancer
I'm only on the 4th year of stage IV breast cancer with multiple mets to my lungs and am still seeing my doctors more often than I'd like to. I have a neighbor who is also stage IV with mets to her bones. She had some really strong chemotherapy about 20 years ago when a previous cancer reared its ugly head again in her vertibrae and other bones and managed to kick cancer's butt a little. She is not just surviving with cancer all these years (total, more than 26 years) later but rather thriving and enjoying every moment of her time. She is a great inspiration to me. My plan is to go ahead and live with this cancer if that is what I have to do to live, but always try to do the things that I want to be doing and not let the cancer take over emotionally.
It gets hard on some days but I do believe that there are more and more times when I'm too busy enjoying my family and friends etc. to think about cancer. I hope that you can reach this point too.
2007-01-17 19:31:52 · answer #1 · answered by Tokyorose 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do have two aunts and one close Friend you had cancer the first two 20 years ago, they had lymphoma, and my friend had tyro id cancer 25 years ago, she has to take calcium every day, but she was 32 when she had it, and after the cancer surgery and treatment she had a baby boy who is now 18 years old, she is in a program in Houston for Cancer survivors and she is ok, happy with her life, as my two auns one of 74 and the other 65 years old.
2016-03-29 02:35:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ovarian cancer, stage II - next month on 2/13 will be 10 years victorious. i do not consider myself a "survivor". that is fine for some, but for me I must be Victorious. and I am. chemo, no picnic, but i came out with my knee length hair attached - i lost 2 clumps of hair during the 6 month process. lost only 3 days/month from work.
my hope? my faith. my God and my Savior. songs, giggles, whistles, tunes floating through my head, lets kick this in the b*tt attitude while laughing at the whole ordeal.
i can only pray for my continued victory over this nasty creature that had the audacity to grow inside me. one step at a time is all i can do, one day at a time, one journey at a time.
i knew the day of surgery that i was blessed. to have made it off the operating room table, to have the skilled surgeon i had and that God was with me. since then i have been blessed in oh so many ways - and my being able to answer your question is a blessing for my soul.
i hope this is what you were looking for and that it helps you in some way. live, love and laugh.
2007-01-21 08:05:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It will be 5 years for me in July. Breast cancer. I hated chemo. Caused alot of other problems. I am glad to have a birthday every year. My hopes are that they will find the reason for all cancer and that it wil be preventive...someday. I also always hope my hair will be back to normal. It could happen. I know that after all one goes through..that it is rather vain to keep wishing for hair. Only that is what I hope.
2007-01-19 13:28:58 · answer #4 · answered by hello 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cancer free for 7 years now. treatments were a bit scary at first, but i worried needlessly. i slept through most of my 4 hour treatments. i was one of the lucky ones. i breezed through chemo with very little side effects. my hopes are that i never have to go through it again, and that they find a cure so no one else has to either.
2007-01-19 19:19:29 · answer #5 · answered by barb 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm 2.5 years out from treatment. I'm still tired and I've gained a lot of weight [thyroid died off]. But I'm otherwise healthy and happy to be alive.
2007-01-19 00:35:42 · answer #6 · answered by Char 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋