I have been cancer free for 10 years today. I'm not sure if I have ever shared my story but the long and short of it was that I had a tumor in my lung a little over 10 years ago, they took it out on this day 10 years ago, it was cancerous. It had not spread to my lymph nodes. I survived. I'm a lucky, lucky girl, for so many reasons but this one is kind of remarkable.
In general, only 14 percent of patients with lung cancer survive for more than five years after diagnosis. If the lung cancer is detected before it has had a chance to spread to other organs, and if it is treated appropriately, at least 49% of patients can survive five years or longer after the initial diagnosis. Only 15% of lung cancers, however, are found at this early stage. About 10 per cent of patients can expect to be 'cured' - that is alive five years after diagnosis with no evidence of the cancer having returned.
http://cancer.health-cares.net/lung-cancer-survival-rate.php
This is better than winning the lottery. And you would think that I would quit buying tickets but when it gets over $100 million, I just can't help myself. ;-)
What Cancer Cannot Do Author: Unknown
Cancer is so limited...It cannot cripple love. It cannot shatter hope. It cannot corrode faith. It cannot eat away peace. It cannot destroy confidence. It cannot kill friendship. It cannot shut out memories. It cannot silence courage. It cannot reduce eternal life. It cannot quench the Spirit.
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