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Any testimonies where cancer didn't return?

Breast Cancer | Last Active: Sep 27, 2023 | Replies (59)

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@leemiller

Yes. I was diagnosed with an "aggressive" breast cancer in Fall 2014 at stage IIIc and began the full journey (tired of that word) of mastectomy, chemo, radiation, and then continuing with the aromatase inhibitor - anastrozole - long-term. There was a brief hospitalization with neutropenia after a toxic reaction and a little scaling back my chemo dosages. I finished treatment in May 2015, and it was a couple years before I got past feeling fragile, and gradually came back to activity. My oncologist wants me to stay on the anastrozole because of the late stage at diagnosis, and I tolerate it well (whew). These days I walk and bike and am part of a long-term study of cancer survivors and the benefits of physical activity. The study paid for my Fitbit!
So, it absolutely DOES NOT always come back. And, maybe a strange insight - I'm not sorry I went through that.

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leemiller!! I'm with you! What a great thing for me to read right now. I was diagnosed in 2019 at Stage IIIc as well and did the same -- took everything they offered me. They also added Zometa to that. I too tolerate the AI and I also do not regret the treatment (to be fair, because I had an easy time of it throughout). Now I have vulvar cancer (totally unrelated) Oddly I am more upset about this than I was about the bc (I think because it is a much more rare occurrence and I can't find any consistent medical literature on how it is diagnosed or the standards of care. With the bc it was much more straight forward). Have mammo and MRI alternating, every six months for surveillance.