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Andrea Barnett Budin · 11-11-2007, 12:52 PM

So true Bev! But -- who doesn't need them? Seems like every one I know (not only bc pp) are on something to help get them chemically balanced.

A booster is just as described by so many above this post. BREATHE. Deeply and slowly and deliberately. Listen to the sound of the air gently leaving your body, through your pursed lips -- along with all that is unwanted in your life!

I keep a typed sign I made on a picture easel beside my computer. In my face.

In part it reads: I AM GRATEFUL WITH EACH DAY FOR ITS GIFTS, FOR MY BLESSINGS, MY PERSONAL EMPOWERMENT TO CHOOSE TO EXPERIENCE AND THEN DELETE UNWANTED THOUGHTS AND REBOOT. THE GIFT OF MY LIFE AND MY HEALTH ARE CHERISHED DAILY. ONE WAY OF SAYING THANK YOU IS TO LIVE IN *LOVE*. ONE WAY TO STAY WELL IS TO FEED POSITIVE THOUGHTS TO MY MIND, EACH HOUR OF EACH DAY. WHAT WE THINK ALL DAY BECOMES OUR DESTINY. AND, IT DETERMINES HOW WE WILL *FEEL*.

I PASSIONATELY REFUSE TO GIVE POWER AWAY TO ANY FEAR-RIDDLED THOUGHTS, THE ANGER OR DISRESPECT OF ANY PERSON OR HARDSHIPS WITHIN UNWANTED CIRCUMSTANCES. THE BRAVEST ARE THOSE WHO HAVE THE CLEAREST VISION OF WHAT LIES BEFORE THEM, AND YET, GO OUT TO MEET IT ANYWAY. YOU MUST DO THE THING YOU THINK YOU CANNOT DO. YOU MUST CONTINUALLY REMIND YOURSELF TO WELCOME THE RAIN, TO LET IT WASH AWAY ALL NEGATIVITY. YOU ARE ONE STEP AWAY FROM BEING A MIRACLE...
Andi

11-11-2007, 12:52 PM	#22
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	Becoming A Miracle... So true Bev! But -- who doesn't need them? Seems like every one I know (not only bc pp) are on something to help get them chemically balanced. A booster is just as described by so many above this post. BREATHE. Deeply and slowly and deliberately. Listen to the sound of the air gently leaving your body, through your pursed lips -- along with all that is unwanted in your life! I keep a typed sign I made on a picture easel beside my computer. In my face. In part it reads: I AM GRATEFUL WITH EACH DAY FOR ITS GIFTS, FOR MY BLESSINGS, MY PERSONAL EMPOWERMENT TO CHOOSE TO EXPERIENCE AND THEN DELETE UNWANTED THOUGHTS AND REBOOT. THE GIFT OF MY LIFE AND MY HEALTH ARE CHERISHED DAILY. ONE WAY OF SAYING THANK YOU IS TO LIVE IN LOVE. ONE WAY TO STAY WELL IS TO FEED POSITIVE THOUGHTS TO MY MIND, EACH HOUR OF EACH DAY. WHAT WE THINK ALL DAY BECOMES OUR DESTINY. AND, IT DETERMINES HOW WE WILL FEEL. I PASSIONATELY REFUSE TO GIVE POWER AWAY TO ANY FEAR-RIDDLED THOUGHTS, THE ANGER OR DISRESPECT OF ANY PERSON OR HARDSHIPS WITHIN UNWANTED CIRCUMSTANCES. THE BRAVEST ARE THOSE WHO HAVE THE CLEAREST VISION OF WHAT LIES BEFORE THEM, AND YET, GO OUT TO MEET IT ANYWAY. YOU MUST DO THE THING YOU THINK YOU CANNOT DO. YOU MUST CONTINUALLY REMIND YOURSELF TO WELCOME THE RAIN, TO LET IT WASH AWAY ALL NEGATIVITY. YOU ARE ONE STEP AWAY FROM BEING A MIRACLE... 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...