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FIVE YEARS and I'm still alive!!

Five years ago today I had my hysterectomy. When I went in for my first doctor visit, he gave me the bad news I had UPSC. He ordered an MRI and x-rays to see if it had spread beyond the cervix. Based on those test results he decided not to go back in and take lymph nodes. That's why I was given a Stage II/III, Grade 3 diagnosis. Of course, I went home and found a web page that said I had a 16% to 20% chance of being alive in five years. I was devastated! But yet, five years later, I am not only alive, but I also have not had a recurrence.
Luckily I found this forum! We have lost so many good women and I've tried to make sense about why I'm still here but there is no explanation. The help and support I have received are beyond measure!
So.... don't believe those statistics. Live the best life you can and enjoy every minute of it.
Love,
Eldri
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