Today is my one-year cancerversary....

mimivac
mimivac Member Posts: 2,143 Member
edited March 2014 in Breast Cancer #1
Last year, on this day, I came in to work having no idea what was in store for me. Around lunch time, the doctor who did my biopsy called me on my cell phone to tell me I had cancer. He said I should be worried because of how quickly my tumor had grown. I was floored. I remember staying at work the rest of the day in a daze and then coming home on the bus, feeling so clausterphobic. I thought for sure that I would die very soon.

I think I found ACS that very evening, but I didn't start to post for a few weeks. I want to thank all of you who had such an impact on my life during this past year. It is not an exaggeration to say that you and this site have been a life-saver.

For all of our new sisters: it's a rough road, but one that you will travel on with the help of family, friends, and your sisters here. I wish you all the best.

All my love,

Mimi
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  • blazytracy
    blazytracy Member Posts: 157
    #2
    I Like That!
    Cancerversary..haha..Congrats Mimi!!!! Someday I hope to be saying that. First chemo for me is today so it will be awhile down this road. Thanks for posting this past year and good luck to you always!
    Tracy
  • mimivac
    mimivac Member Posts: 2,143 Member
    #3
    blazytracy said:

    I Like That!
    Cancerversary..haha..Congrats Mimi!!!! Someday I hope to be saying that. First chemo for me is today so it will be awhile down this road. Thanks for posting this past year and good luck to you always!
    Tracy

    Thank you, Tracy
    Chemo will go by and then you, too, will be celebrating a year cancer-free. Good luck today, and let us know how it went.

    Mimi
  • LadyParvati
    LadyParvati Member Posts: 328
    #4
    Congratulations!
    Congratulations on achieving your first year, Mimi! You're a model of courage here--facing the fears and moving on to the future. I thank you for your encouragement as I follow the road into my own future, and I wish YOU all the best!

    Sandy
  • KathiM
    KathiM Member Posts: 8,028 Member
    #5
    One down, MANY, MANY, to go!!!!
    You are such a wonderful, strong, giving person my dear, and I wish you many, many years of peaceful and blessed living!!!!

    It was probably the longest year, and the shortest year you have ever experienced, at least it was that way for me!!!

    Before you know it, you will be celebrating 5 years, just like me!!!

    Hugs, Kathi
  • Lymph23
    Lymph23 Member Posts: 23
    #6
    WELL DONE YOU
    Congrats on reaching your first year. Wishing you a much more peaceful and happier time now. The years seem to go by much quicker after the first one for me and soon I will be celebrating 6 years. Sending all my best wishes to you.
  • MyTurnNow
    MyTurnNow Member Posts: 2,686 Member
    #7
    Congrats, Mimi, on
    Congrats, Mimi, on celebrating one year. You're a wonderful support person with knowledge from experience and I'm just glad you didn't abandon the board once you were through your treatments. I always enjoy reading your posts, like a couple of others on here. Wishing you a lifetime with our favorite guy, NED. You so deserve it!!!
  • AmandaMarie29
    AmandaMarie29 Member Posts: 55
    #8
    CONGRATS!!!! That is
    CONGRATS!!!! That is amaizing...I am just staring this process and I cannot wait until I can say those words!

    Lots of Love

    Mandi
  • Marcia527
    Marcia527 Member Posts: 2,729
    #9
    I really think that you give
    I really think that you give more than you take so from me, Thank you Mimi! Congrats on the first year survivorship. May you have many more!
  • Deb1969
    Deb1969 Member Posts: 165
    #10
    Marcia527 said:

    I really think that you give
    I really think that you give more than you take so from me, Thank you Mimi! Congrats on the first year survivorship. May you have many more!

    Congratulations!!! I hope
    Congratulations!!! I hope many more cancer free years to come.
    Deb
  • padee6339
    padee6339 Member Posts: 763
    #11
    Congrats!
    Isn't it a great feeling to be able to say, "a year ago.....". I reember too being told by the surgeon that the biopsy was cancerous. You feel numb. That was a year ago October 23rd. My last visit to the surgeon I took my camera and took a picture of the exam table, where I was sitting when he told me. Isn't it amazing what you have accomplished in one year and your postings have been so helpful to all of us. And to those who are just at the beginning of their journey, there is light at the end of the tunnel. Even though it seems so overwhelming, it does end. Things go back to "normal" and life goes on. But if we can spend an hour on this board and help even just one person, then its worth what we went through.
    Congratulations Mimi on your cancerversary and every year to come. You are truly blessed.
    Hugs - Pat
  • fauxma
    fauxma Member Posts: 3,577 Member
    #12
    One year down and many,
    One year down and many, many, many more healthy ones to come. You are such a asset to this group. You research, advise, and have a beautiful calming effect with your words. We are indeed blessed to have you, but I wiah you had never had to be here. I think a nice celebration is in order. Lunch or dinner and maybe presents. Oh, and ice cream. I know you are the healthy eater but still today could be the exception.
    Stef
  • Jadie
    Jadie Member Posts: 723
    #13
    Congrats Mimi
    It was a long rough row to hoe wasn't it. But you made it and with flying colors. You have been an inspiration to all of us. You have certainlly done your home work. Lots of times I look for your answers to certain questions because you are so knowledgeable.

    My surgeon also called me at work (with my permission) to tell me the results. I just left work and went home. My concentration was gone for eternity.LOL

    Hugs
    Jadie<3
  • CypressCynthia
    CypressCynthia Member Posts: 4,014 Member
    #14
    Yippee!
    Your posts about various studies have been very helpful to me. I am so glad you are here. Congrats on your 1 year anniversary!
  • tgf
    tgf Member Posts: 950 Member
    #15
    CypressCynthia said:

    Yippee!
    Your posts about various studies have been very helpful to me. I am so glad you are here. Congrats on your 1 year anniversary!

    Mimi
    Congratulations ... and ... I knew we'd been travelling along the same path this past year ... but it didn't really dawn on me that it really was a year the end of this November when I went for my mammogram and "got the news." It sure has been an "interesting" year ... hasn't it? Nothing in our wildest imagination could have prepared us for our journey this past year. Like you ... I could not have made it without this discussion board and the wonderful people here ... who share their knowledge, experiences and support. Those cyber hugs are the best! They got me through some tough times ... and I know they did you too Mimi. This is a journey none of us want to go on... but if we must travel the road at least we are not alone.

    Big hugs to all ...

    teena
  • elm3544
    elm3544 Member Posts: 748
    #16
    Congratulations on getting
    Congratulations on getting through this very tough year!
    I'm so glad you had this site to help you along!
    Thank you for all the support you have given to others during this time!
  • cats_toy
    cats_toy Member Posts: 1,462 Member
    #17
    what a year it has been for you
    Mimi, congrats on making it through your one year mark. Crazy wasn't it? With surgery, chemo and radiation, it usually takes up almost the whole year, then you start to feel a bit adrift when all the docs let you go for awhile.
    Good going for you and I know you will continue to give such wonderful support to all on these boards. So go do something crazy, and celebrate!
    =^..^=
  • Dawne.Hope
    Dawne.Hope Member Posts: 823
    #18
    cats_toy said:

    what a year it has been for you
    Mimi, congrats on making it through your one year mark. Crazy wasn't it? With surgery, chemo and radiation, it usually takes up almost the whole year, then you start to feel a bit adrift when all the docs let you go for awhile.
    Good going for you and I know you will continue to give such wonderful support to all on these boards. So go do something crazy, and celebrate!
    =^..^=

    Congratulations, Mimi
    on making it through this year! Wow. You can enjoy Thanksgiving and the Holidays without the treatments this year. Congratulations and thank you for your insight and encouragement for those who follow behind you!

    I hope you can get out and do something fun tonight or in the days ahead to celebrate this milestone. May you have many more! :)

    dh
  • Bella Luna
    Bella Luna Member Posts: 1,578 Member
    #19
    congratulations
    Congratulations on celebrating your 1st cancer free Anniversay! Fabulous news, may this be the beginning of many, many, many more years of NED for you!

    Love,
    BL
  • LT
    LT Member Posts: 31
    #20
    Bella Luna said:

    congratulations
    Congratulations on celebrating your 1st cancer free Anniversay! Fabulous news, may this be the beginning of many, many, many more years of NED for you!

    Love,
    BL

    congrats!
    Congratulations on your anniversary! 3 months ago when I first started reading this discussion board, your postings were among the ones most helpful to me. Your advice, insight and courage gave me hope when I had none. Thank you
  • carkris
    carkris Member Posts: 4,553 Member
    #21
    LT said:

    congrats!
    Congratulations on your anniversary! 3 months ago when I first started reading this discussion board, your postings were among the ones most helpful to me. Your advice, insight and courage gave me hope when I had none. Thank you

    Mimi I echo what everyone
    Mimi I echo what everyone else has said. and though I would rather you never had to deal with this you have had such a wonderful impact on so many people. You are surviving and thriving and I know you will decades of cancerversaries!!!

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