4 yrs Stage 3 survivor

lauripiper
lauripiper Member Posts: 28
in Ovarian Cancer #1

I remember when I was first diagnosed with stage 3 ovarian cancer that I was horrifed at the statistics and could find very few survival stories.  If you're just diagnosed or starting chemo, there are suvivors!  I have been cancer free since I finished chemo and my CA 125 has been holding steady in the single digits.  I know that could change but I also know that there are 10, 15, and 20 year survivors out there and I'm hoping to be one of them.  I was on the discussion boards looking for advice for a friend who has just been diagnosed with endmetrial cancer and I thought I would drop by and write this note.  I also met a woman who was also stage 3 at a conference back when I was in chemo and she too is still cancer free.  So that's two!  I hope that I will be able to continue to come back here and post a new # of years that I am a survivor.  If I have a recurrence, I will post that too and hope to be contiue to fight it for a few more years. 

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  • JoanC
    JoanC Member Posts: 231 Member
    #2
    7 yrs Stage 3 survivor

    Hi,

    Thought I would add that I also have been cancer free since finishing chemo.

     So that makes three.I know there are a lot more of us out there.

    To all the newly diagnosed women there is hope! Stay strong.

     

  • pandagypsy
    pandagypsy Member Posts: 113 Member
    #3
    We are survivors!

    I was diagnosed stage IV in 2009...........yes, so scary, reading stories and statistics didn't give me a lot of hope Cry I did have a reoccurance in 2014, caught early, chemo again, and as of Oct. 2014 cancer free.  We can all hope for the best!

  • Kaleena
    Kaleena Member Posts: 2,088 Member
    #4
    Congrats Ladies!

    Big Hugs to you all!   That is terrific.  

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    Also, Lauri, with regard to your friend with endometrial cancer, although I was not diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer, I was treated for it (Stage 3a, Grade 2 Endometrial Adenocarcinoma - found by accident from hysterectomy in uterus, cervix and ovary in 2005 - treated with chemo and brachytherapy). Recurrence in 2010 (surgery - no treatment). Currently have stable mass.   It will be 10 years in September for me.

    My best to all,

    Kathy

  • runningwithfire
    runningwithfire Member Posts: 1
    #5
    Ovarian Cancer

    Hello Ladies,

    I am new to this site and I'm comforted in knowing I'm not the only one who has and still is struggling with the effects of having cancer but saddened that we all have or had a terrible disease. I am going on 16 years remission stage 3 ovarian cancer with 6 rounds of chemo that I was allergic to (that was a horrible once every 3 week visit). I was diagnosed Christmas Eve 2000 at age 30. I have had constant wide spread pain for years and my doctors seem to think I just need a therapist (already do) I'm hoping to be a part of the survivors group so I don't feel so alone in what I'm going through. 

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