Hello! I am two years into my journey now. When I was newly diagnosed I took a lot of comfort from reading a positive posts chain on here. It was started four years ago and reassuringly the chain is HUGE. So large that I find it hard to navigate and thought I’d start a new post for some fresh positive stories. If you have a positive story it’d be great to collate them to support people just like me, two years ago, coming to terms with diagnosis.
I was diagnosed stage 4 de novo (that’s stage 4 from the start) ER+ & PR+ with bone mets, in my 30’s with young children. For the last year I’ve been NEAD, or complete metabolic response on scans and I’m still on my first line of treatment. I’ve joined various Facebook groups full of people on the same treatment as me, plenty have been on the same first line of treatment for years more than I have- the other day I read of someone still on treatment from the original trials! I’m on Letrozole and Ribociclib, I was fatigued at first but I haven’t had any real side effects for five months now. I'm doing everything I was doing before.
Hi Louise83ad
That's great to read that you've had a complete metabolic response and that you found the positive posts thread helpful when you first joined the community.
In case anyone reading this thread would like to take a look at the thread you've mentioned, this link will take them there.
It would be great if you could put something about your diagnosis and treatment so far into your profile as it really helps others when replying to you and also when looking for someone on a similar pathway. It also means that you don't have to keep repeating yourself. To do this click on your username and then select 'Profile'. You can amend it at any time and if you're not sure what to write you can take a look at mine by clicking on my username.
"Never regret a day in your life, good days give you happiness, bad days give you experience"
Hi, was diagnosed stage 3 in 2018. Chemo, surgery and radiotherapy and given the all clear. Was on letrozole until August 2022 - found two tumors in lungs and 2 in liver. No longer ER+ so stopped the letrozole. Docetaxel and Phesgo took out 3 but still had a little one in my liver, just over 1cm. Stable tho, lazy bugger just sat there! Still on Phesgo.
Last week I met with my oncologist who was grinning and told me there were changes in the CT scan - my brain shorted out - should I panic but she's smiling - what! Scan was NEAD!
Now we're both grinning like maniacs.
What a lovely day 
We're all allowed a meltdown sometimes...its good for the soul ( so I keep telling myself )
. I think a positive attitude gets us through such a lot !
I love my job & they've been amazing so I am going back for a couple of days a week.
Hopefully your symptoms will ease as your body gets used to everything. I walk most days & it definitely makes me feel better.
But any sickness I felt with the Ribociclib has almost disappeared now, skin feels better than ever after the first few months of shedding !!
Occassional aches but all bearable & if I feel tired I watch a film.
The nurses ask lots of questions every month so you don't even need to worry about telling what they need to know.
Fingers crossed that any side effects settle down for you.
Hi
i have breast cancer in my lungs (stage 4). I’m 54.
I too started on Ribociclib and Letrozole but the wbc dropped like a brick and a slight water infection put me in hospital for a week with sepsis on the very first cycle.
The Oncologist then changed me to palbociclib and Letrozole and I have been on this for the last 5 cycles. I’m doing okay, dodgy breathing due to cancer in the lungs but apart from that I feel very lucky. Scans are showing stable Mabel and tumour markers are dropping. I don’t work anymore and have taken more creative pursuits. I’m teaching myself crochet at the moment, something I wouldn’t have done before. I’m drawing and crafting and reading and after a busy career involving a lot of travel, I’m feeling really blessed.
Im looking at plants at the moment for the garden and I will watch them flower and bloom over the summer. (Once I convince the husband his job will be gardening as well as everything else 
Keep smiling all, Spring is coming and hopefully a bit warmer drier weather.
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Hi
I was on ribociclib and letrozole as diagnosed last year feb 2023 with bone mets, I felt fine but sadly my liver enzymes became too high after 6 cycles so I’m starting soon on palociclib which is an
her inhibitor treatment .. my cancer markers are 55 down from 140 when diagnosed so I’m staying positive
