Five years ago today, diagnosed with Stage III cancer, 10 cm mass, had all kinds of treatment and a clinical trial.
 
Couldn't have made it through without the wonderful support of my husband and sons, coworkers, students, friends and family and of course, my new family here on the Komen boards. You girls rock!!!!
 
You have offered me support, love, information, advice, funny jokes and stories, inspiration and friendship. I have been lucky to meet in person and get to know my New England Komen Sisters: Caroline, Betsy, NormaJean, Shirley, KathyAnn and Gail.
 
I try to pay it forward by posting here when I can, and I always suggest this site whenever I can to ladies who have been diagnosed.
 
Thanks for everything!!!
 
take care,
Cindy D.

Mass. 
51 yrs old
dx 1/10/07
Stage IIIa
ER/PR +,Her2 -
chemo: 4ac/4 taxol  5/24/07
lump: 6/18/07
mast: 7/16/07
tamoxifen: 7/25/07-2/9/09
rads:  10/25/07
clinical trial: avastin and xeloda, 12/07-11/08
arimidex/lupron: 2/09/09-12/28/11
clinical trial: femara 1/1/12 9 months on, 3 months off

Cingratulations Cindy!  Wishing you many more!

dx ILC/dcis excisional biopsy 5/30/08
r segmental mast (partial) snb 6/4
node neg stage1 gr ll
er+/pr- Her2 - Oncotype Dx 11
R mast 9/22/08 w DIEP
tamox,now AI 
BRCA 1 & 2 NEG
davinci hyst/bso,  

WTG !!!! Happy 5 yr cancer free

Grace 

Lumpectomy June 18,2009
4 rounds T/C DONE !
33 rounds of rads DONE !!
1 yr of Herceptin - DONE  !!!
2 yrs Tamoxafen/ taken off due to elevated liver enzymes.
oophorectomy 05/2012
Started Femera 05/12

52 years young  :)
Mother of 2 sons in US Army
Wife of wonderful husband
and of course I am now.
KOMAN STRONG  :)

Woo Hoo congratulations Cindy!!!

Tricia Keegan...From Ireland Dx July '05 IDC 3/9 nodes pos..triple positive..a/c x 4..Taxol/herceptin x 12
Herceptin 1yr ..rads x35 oophorectomy Aug '06
Currently taking Arimidex /Zometa 1 x yearly
Carepage- survivortricia

Woo hoo!!  Congratulations on FIVE YEARS!  Thanks for taking the time to share your good news - it is inspiring to all of us hoping to reach that milestone (and more!).

Here's to many more happy, healthy years to you!

50, in Maryland, three Naval Academy "sons" plus 2 Bengals, 1street cat from Boston,
Married to One of the Top Ten Best Husbands in the World
Stage IIB, Grade 3, Diagnosed 3/26/09
Breast reduction surgery 5/11/09, HER2+++ , 24 nodes removed, 1 positive
Chemo delayed 5 1/2 months due to surgery complications Chemo 10/29/09 - Taxotere, Carboplatin - done 2/19/09!
Herceptin for one year - done 10/23/10! 28 Rads - done 4/16/10!
Now continuing healing of mind, bod

WOO HOO!  Congratulations Cindy! 

I'm especially happy for you because our diagnosis and treatment were very much the same...I had a 9.5cm, tumor!

GO WARRIOR!

Hug
Elaine

 A person's greatness is the power to stand alone;to be able to make her own choice; in action,to write anew her own law; to choose her own sacrifices; run her own dangers; win her own freedom; venture her own destruction; to choose her own happiness 
 

Love hearing news like this!!! Congratulations!!!!!!

Diagnosed with Invasive Ductal Carcinoma on 5/4/2011. In both breasts and 3 left lymph nodes and 2 right.

Estrogen positive, progesterone positive, her2 negative.

stage 2b bilateral disease.

Bialateral Mastectomy 6/20/11;
4 rounds of AC, 4 rounds of T - chemo
radiation 28 rounds (to comelete 1/12/12 
Tamoxifen started 11/11

All Right Cindy!

sisters forever!

hugs,

Betsy

...

Betsy, 53, from NH
Stage I, grade 2 IDC. ER/PR +. HER2/neu -. Lumpectomy 4/30/07. 1.4 cm tumor, 4 nodes, all negative. Oncotype score 17. 4 TC done 9/18, 33 rads-done 12/6/07. Arimidex for 5 years. TailorX clinical trial.

FIVE year survivor! April 2012.

Cindy -
 
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!  This is a HUGE day for you and I hope you have something very special planned. 
 

 
one "nanner" for each year!!!!!!

DX 5/13/08 Clearwater, FL HER2 +
IDC Stage IIIA changed 12/2/08 to IIB Grade 3
Taxotere, Carbo & Herceptin  6/11/08
Part Mas 11/5/08 SNB neg & addl node neg - CLEAN MARGINS!
Arimidex 11/25/08  35 Rads 12/15/08

CINDY, CONGRATULATIONS ON 5 YEARS..........    MARY

Diag. Oct 2003 with 6mm mass, IDC grade III ductal carcinoma in-situ, Inflammatory Breast Cancer stage IIIB, Her2+++.   I had A/C followed by Taxotere (only had 2tx as I had heart problems from it); Left Mastectomy followed by 35 rads.  Recurence in 9 months as skin mets to mast. site. tx Carboplatin/Herceptin,  stayed on Herceptin every other week for almost 4 years only stopping when my ejection fraction would get too low. off herceptin & ned 3 years in 2010