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Andrea Barnett Budin · 10-09-2007, 11:07 AM

KELLY -- I CONCUR WITH THE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS ABOVE! No time for humor, I know. Sounds like APPENDIX -- which must be attended to IMMEDIATELY! I really mean that. It can be a benign matter of life and death. Not to scare you, but to get you MOVING...

Or, it could be gall bladder. Both very painful, inconvenient and unwanted to be sure. Call a friend/family to cover. Where are husbands when you need them? Not in Switzerland...

I do *not* think liver mets. I had multiple tumors in liver and NONE of your symptoms. No pain. No nausea. I felt fine! Just a little metastatic bc is all.

Our thoughts and prayers are with you -- no matter what the source of your urgent pain! Anxiously waiting to hear from you, Kelly...

With love,
Andi

10-09-2007, 11:07 AM	#16
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	Hope You're At The Doctor Now!!!! KELLY -- I CONCUR WITH THE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS ABOVE! No time for humor, I know. Sounds like APPENDIX -- which must be attended to IMMEDIATELY! I really mean that. It can be a benign matter of life and death. Not to scare you, but to get you MOVING... Or, it could be gall bladder. Both very painful, inconvenient and unwanted to be sure. Call a friend/family to cover. Where are husbands when you need them? Not in Switzerland... I do not think liver mets. I had multiple tumors in liver and NONE of your symptoms. No pain. No nausea. I felt fine! Just a little metastatic bc is all. Our thoughts and prayers are with you -- no matter what the source of your urgent pain! Anxiously waiting to hear from you, Kelly... With love, Andi __________________ 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...