5 YEARS!!!!

I am officially 5 years out from breast cancer! I saw my oncologist today & he said I'm doing great. I don't have to go back for a full year. Woo Hoo! That makes me feel great but I'm not sure if I'll ever shake that thought in the back of my head that at some point it's going to return. It's not near as bad now as it was though. I was pretty freaked out @ the possibility up until @ a year or so ago. I still think about it a lot I'm just not as consumed w/fear anymore. I think what helped was at my last visit w/my doc he said, "When you do this for a living, you start to get a feel for which patients are going to have a recurrence & which ones aren't. I really don't think you are going to have any more problems." I realize that he can't be sure but I trust him very much & hey, I'll take it!