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Andrea Barnett Budin · 08-29-2007, 03:03 PM

Okay Maryann, You're a bona fide living, breathing miracle. More power to you. You have the life expectancy of a cat with nine lives. You are strong, brave, and one of the most determined people I've come across. The energy you emit just exudes positivity, no matter what, and I mean that literally!! Your story is amazing, and your Spirit truly is luminescent. I can see it shining from your words. You are proof that the power of our thoughts and the force of our sacred Souls is mighty. So glad to read all about you and FEEL your loving energy. I'll see your feisty Spirit and send you back some more!! Stay well and healthy. Insist upon it, as you obviously have been for a long time. You've been through the wars and come back to us with a joy that bounces off the walls. Thanks for sharing it all with us. Stay close... Andi

YOU ROCK, MARYANN!

08-29-2007, 03:03 PM	#9
Andrea Barnett Budin Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: LAND OF YES! w/home in Boca Raton, Florida Orig from L.I., N.Y. Ever hovering IN THE NOW... Posts: 1,904	You Rock! Okay Maryann, You're a bona fide living, breathing miracle. More power to you. You have the life expectancy of a cat with nine lives. You are strong, brave, and one of the most determined people I've come across. The energy you emit just exudes positivity, no matter what, and I mean that literally!! Your story is amazing, and your Spirit truly is luminescent. I can see it shining from your words. You are proof that the power of our thoughts and the force of our sacred Souls is mighty. So glad to read all about you and FEEL your loving energy. I'll see your feisty Spirit and send you back some more!! Stay well and healthy. Insist upon it, as you obviously have been for a long time. You've been through the wars and come back to us with a joy that bounces off the walls. Thanks for sharing it all with us. Stay close... Andi YOU ROCK, MARYANN! __________________ Andi BB '95 post-meno dx Invasive LOBULAR w/9cm tumor! YIKES + 2/21 nodes. Clear mammo 10 mnths earlier. Mastec/tram flap reconst/PORT/8 mnths chemo (4Adria/8CMF). Borderline ER/PR. Tamoxifen 2 yrs. Felt BLESSED. I could walk and talk, feed and bathe myself! I KNEW I would survive... '98 -- multiple mets to liver. HER2+ 80%. ER/PR- Raging, highly aggressive tumors spreading fast. New PORT. 9 mnths Taxotere Fought fire w/fire! Pronounced in cautious remission 5/99. Taxotere weekly for 6 wks, 2 wks off -- for 9 mnths. TALK ABOUT GRUELING! (I believe they've altered that protocol since those days -- sure hope so!!) + good old Vit H wkly for 1st 3 yrs, then triple dosage ev 3 wks for 7 yrs more... The "easy" chemo, right?! Not a walk in the park, but not a freight train coming at 'ya either... Added Herceptin Nov '98 (6 wks after FDA fast-tracked it for met bc). Stayed w/Vit H till July '08! Now I AM FREE! Humbly and eternally grateful for this life-saving drug! NED since '99 and planning on keeping it that way. To hell w/poor prognosis and nasty stats! STOPPED VIT H JULY '08...! REMAIN STABLE... Eternally grateful...Yes is a world & in this world of yes live (skillfully curled) all worlds ... (e e cummings) EVERY DAY I BEAT MY PREVIOUS RECORD FOR # OF CONSECUTIVE DAYS I'VE STAYED ALIVE. Smile KNOWING you too can be a miracle. Up to me and God now...