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Andrea Barnett Budin · 01-13-2016, 01:52 PM

Yanyan's husband Andy just let me know -- she passed last Wednesday. I am heartsick. She was only 40 years old. With a daughter. A sweet lady, bright and caring. Her Spirit was strong during the ordeal she had to endure through all these years. I know she is now at peace. In heaven.

Her last post was celebrating her 5th cancerversary. I feel my throat closing up. My heart broken. Truly this is just so devastating. Yet how kind of her husband to respond to my email to Yanyan. I was so worried about her. I knew she went to China for immunotherapy. That she was back in California and had severe shortness of breath. That she was in the hospital and didn't know if she should accept that her journey had ended. She understood the gravity of her situation. The drains were helping.

I know she and Karen spoke as they each were looking at immunotherapy and had difficulty catching breath. Pleural effusions can be deadly. I had such a thing and didn't even realize how close to death I was until recently. It was caught early with me and I was taken off of Taxotere. I couldn't take any more.

For Yanyan the drains did not really help. The tumor burden in her lungs was too great to bear was my understanding of what her docs told her.

I thought you would all want to know, of course.

I don't want to ever have to post about the loss of another Sister, or Brother.
Just tragic.

I pray for Joe Biden rallying the troops for serious research into cancer. He is out there gunning for cancer right now.

Sending my love,
Andi
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01-13-2016, 01:52 PM	#1
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	Our sister yanyan is no longer on this earth Yanyan's husband Andy just let me know -- she passed last Wednesday. I am heartsick. She was only 40 years old. With a daughter. A sweet lady, bright and caring. Her Spirit was strong during the ordeal she had to endure through all these years. I know she is now at peace. In heaven. Her last post was celebrating her 5th cancerversary. I feel my throat closing up. My heart broken. Truly this is just so devastating. Yet how kind of her husband to respond to my email to Yanyan. I was so worried about her. I knew she went to China for immunotherapy. That she was back in California and had severe shortness of breath. That she was in the hospital and didn't know if she should accept that her journey had ended. She understood the gravity of her situation. The drains were helping. I know she and Karen spoke as they each were looking at immunotherapy and had difficulty catching breath. Pleural effusions can be deadly. I had such a thing and didn't even realize how close to death I was until recently. It was caught early with me and I was taken off of Taxotere. I couldn't take any more. For Yanyan the drains did not really help. The tumor burden in her lungs was too great to bear was my understanding of what her docs told her. I thought you would all want to know, of course. I don't want to ever have to post about the loss of another Sister, or Brother. Just tragic. I pray for Joe Biden rallying the troops for serious research into cancer. He is out there gunning for cancer right now. Sending my 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...