Wednesday, April 12, 2017
Decades. Team Jenn. Let's do this.
Between the support everyone is showing and my doctor's optimism, I'm feeling pretty good today. About 22% of people live 5 years or more after stage 4 breast cancer diagnosis. I'm trying to figure out the longest life after stage 4 b.c. I see 15 years and 17 years and oh I just found a 23 year! So today at the doc's office I was asking him about the other new medicine and how it differs from the Ibrance (basically they're practically identical) and we talked about the median survival rate of 24 months. I also mentioned that I've had days of anxiety and stuff over this kind of thing. He said I really shouldn't worry about 24 months, he has patients that only took the tamoxifen (that I'm on now) and live 5 years...and that my disease progression is so minimal (currently stable, not growing!!) plus we are going to treat it aggressively, etc. I said maybe I'll be a record setter and he said why not you? So.....new goal....Celebrate my 61st birthday 25 years from now. #decades
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Awesome job at finding optimism Jenn! I know of a 17 year lifer and a 20+. There is a huge MBC community on FB. I even know a man in Memphis with stage 4 breast cancer!
Dr. S is the best here and with his help you have awesome chances of not being a typical statistic.
- Adrian Banks
#stageivdeservesmore #lifer #lookpastthepink
That's awesome and an eye opener. I'm 61 and there are days when I don't feel blessed. Every day is a gift. Thanks for reminding me. I believe in you!
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