2 year, 5 year, 7 year, 15+ year??
I can't help but think, what number will I be... a 5 year survivor, 25 year survivor, 50 year survivor? I hate to talk about it or think about it, but the thought is always there. Seems when you hear "cancer survivor", there is always a number attached... years survived from this devastating disease. I think about it a lot, but never mention it. I can only hope it will be 40+ years. Maybe I think about it more because I've had thyroid cancer; that was 8 years ago. So, I'm an 8 year thyroid cancer survivor, and a 4 month breast cancer survivor. Because of the thyroid cancer I am glad I did the chemo route this time. It helps alleviate my fear that there are any more cells lurking in my body, hoping to set up camp a few years down the road.

I was watching a very interesting story this weekend on the Discovery Health Channel, Janice's Journey . It wasn't a very sad or whiney documentary, just very factual and I found it very interesting. Albeit, I didn't start watching from the beginning, but where she was starting her radiation and will make a point to watch it again, next sunday so I can get her story from the beginning. It has a happy ending. She's a 10+ year survivor.