Survival Anniversary Date

Future
Future Member Posts: 133 Member
edited March 2014 in Breast Cancer #1
What date do you use for your survival anniversary date? I've heard everything from "the date you were diagnosed" to "the date you complete chemo and radiation"

Appreciate the help

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  • Mosis50
    Mosis50 Member Posts: 59
    #2
    I believe this is a personal decision for each survivor. I use the date I completed chemo because that was such a day to remember for me. I looked forward to it during alll treatments and now I am thankfully able to look back at it and feel a true sense of blessing. I am thankful to God for my doctors, nurses, friends and family for getting me to that date. It really doesn't matter what date you use as long as you survive.
  • hummingbyrd
    hummingbyrd Member Posts: 950 Member
    #3
    Mosis50 said:

    I believe this is a personal decision for each survivor. I use the date I completed chemo because that was such a day to remember for me. I looked forward to it during alll treatments and now I am thankfully able to look back at it and feel a true sense of blessing. I am thankful to God for my doctors, nurses, friends and family for getting me to that date. It really doesn't matter what date you use as long as you survive.

    Whatever day you want...I use the date I was diagnosed.
    What matters is YOU ARE A SURVIVOR!
    hummingbyrd
  • mc2001
    mc2001 Member Posts: 343
    #4
    Hi there,
    "survival" is such an ambiguous term, that I use the date of my remission.
  • epgnyc
    epgnyc Member Posts: 137
    #5
    As others commented, everyone seems to use a different date (date diagnosed, date of surgery, date all treatments were completed). I use the date I was first diagnosed, but it's purely personal choice. I agree though that it little matters how we calculate our anniversaries....what's important is that we're still here. Hooray!
    Ellen
  • 24242
    24242 Member Posts: 1,398 Member
    #6
    Yes there are so many days to choose from. But if you think about it we have the fight of our lives beginning on the day we were diagnosed. Myself I picked this day because if you can survive the waiting after the tests are done then you can survive anything. Just my thought...
    Tara

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