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Celebrating 10 Years Living with Cancer
Today I had my monthly Onoclogy. Its a signifcant day as its my 10 year anniversary of living with cancer. Hereunder is the cornerstone of my medical team; Dr. Mitchell Chipman, Victorian Breast & Oncology Care, East Melbourne, Janine Mount, Senior Oncologist Nurse, St. Vincents Hospital, East Melbourne and Dr. Claire Phillips, Neuro-oncology Radiology, Peter Mac. Because of them I still have a good quality of life. I always have hope and thus far my medical team has delivered the technology that I need to keep golng well. Raise my glass to my team. My life is literally indebted to you.
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- Awesome Karen, keep on keeping on. :)
- Hi, I have been living with metastatic disease for 10 years. When I had surgery, there was only 6 month window before bone mets showed up, so I believe I had at MBT at the beginning of my journey.
Have a great day.
Karen Congratulations to you and your team on your achievement. Here's to many more milestones for you.
If you don't mind me asking is it10 years since your initial breast cancer diagnosis or 10 years with metastatic disease?
- I'm sooo happy for you it is great to hear we have hope and what a great team you have all the best love sam ❤️
- Well done and here's to another 10 more for you, and hopefully hassle free. My dad had testicular cancer, prostate cancer and now bone cancer and he has been having treatment for 17 years. He is very mobile and doesn't use a walker although he does use one of those mobility scooters to go up town. He is 76, nearly 77 years old.
- Congratulations and may you live to 100 and in good health.
- Congratulations Karen you are definitely an inspiration to us all.
Love, love hearing stories like this - so inspiring.
A wonderful milestone Karen for both you, your family and your team of doctors and carers.
Here's to the next 10 years for you and the rest of us on this site xxx
- Sending huge turtle hugs to you and your beautiful team. I hope you had a wonderful day celebrating such a significant milestone.
I send to you the hope of many many more years to come as it is a great reason to raise a glass or two.
All my love Sharon (Pink66) - Thanks Karen for sharing such wonderful news. You are an inspiration, we are the luckiest people as we live in the best country ever. Congratulation to your medical team and wishing you all the best. Cheers
