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Andrea Barnett Budin · 06-14-2013, 05:29 PM

ALL BOLD COMING FROM YOU, PINK, IS SERIOUS.

COMPUTER DISABLED, THEN BUNKY FIXED IT, THEN PAUL SAID AT 10:30 PM HIS COMPUTER WAS DOWN -- I SAID I'M SO SORRY. IT WAS AN HOUR BEFORE I REALIZED THAT MEANT -- NEITHER OF US HAD A COMPUTER. HE SAYS HE'S EXPLAINED THIS TO ME A MILLION X BEFORE, APPARENTLY I STILL DON'T GET IT.

ANYWAY, SORRY, I DIDN'T TELL ANYONE CAUSE THERE'S NO NEWS REALLY, JUST A SCARE, AND THE NEED FOR OUT PATIENT SURGERY TO GET A BIOPSY.

MY FINGERS STARTED TYPING AND I KNEW I WANTED TO TELL THIS BOARD, MY KINDRED SPIRITS WHO'D UNDERSTAND BEST. YOU ARE ALL LIKE FAMILY.

LOVE YOU.

YES PINK, WE'RE STILL GOING STEADY. OF COURSE. THROUGH THICK AND THIN. FOR EONS... (You sent me flowers 7/24/08 on my THIS IS MY NOW Day, when I had my last Herceptin tx after 10 yrs of being on. Only YOU understand what that FREEDOM meant!! Who else could begin to get it?!) Always there for one another, no matter what...

ANDI

06-14-2013, 05:29 PM	#10
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	Re: The power of your thoughts ALL BOLD COMING FROM YOU, PINK, IS SERIOUS. COMPUTER DISABLED, THEN BUNKY FIXED IT, THEN PAUL SAID AT 10:30 PM HIS COMPUTER WAS DOWN -- I SAID I'M SO SORRY. IT WAS AN HOUR BEFORE I REALIZED THAT MEANT -- NEITHER OF US HAD A COMPUTER. HE SAYS HE'S EXPLAINED THIS TO ME A MILLION X BEFORE, APPARENTLY I STILL DON'T GET IT. ANYWAY, SORRY, I DIDN'T TELL ANYONE CAUSE THERE'S NO NEWS REALLY, JUST A SCARE, AND THE NEED FOR OUT PATIENT SURGERY TO GET A BIOPSY. MY FINGERS STARTED TYPING AND I KNEW I WANTED TO TELL THIS BOARD, MY KINDRED SPIRITS WHO'D UNDERSTAND BEST. YOU ARE ALL LIKE FAMILY. LOVE YOU. YES PINK, WE'RE STILL GOING STEADY. OF COURSE. THROUGH THICK AND THIN. FOR EONS... (You sent me flowers 7/24/08 on my THIS IS MY NOW Day, when I had my last Herceptin tx after 10 yrs of being on. Only YOU understand what that FREEDOM meant!! Who else could begin to get it?!) Always there for one another, no matter what... 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...