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Andrea Barnett Budin · 03-09-2008, 12:59 PM

Yes Harrie and Bill, 60s is not exactly earmuff and muffler time, but down here in Fla many do pull out their cashmere turtlenecks and wool blazers trying to keep warm. Shivering all the while... They're in boots to their knees and I'm in open-toed sandals. What is wrong with this picture? I feel, as a hot chick (you know what I mean) that I must be of a different species than this majority that surround me.

We are all armed with central heating down here though, just in case... Whatever your weather -- ENJOY YOUR DAY!! Yesterday was sunny 70s w/a breeze that dipped into the 60s at night. Perfect for the likes of me!
Andi

03-09-2008, 12:59 PM	#35
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	Yes Harrie and Bill, 60s is not exactly earmuff and muffler time, but down here in Fla many do pull out their cashmere turtlenecks and wool blazers trying to keep warm. Shivering all the while... They're in boots to their knees and I'm in open-toed sandals. What is wrong with this picture? I feel, as a hot chick (you know what I mean) that I must be of a different species than this majority that surround me. We are all armed with central heating down here though, just in case... Whatever your weather -- ENJOY YOUR DAY!! Yesterday was sunny 70s w/a breeze that dipped into the 60s at night. Perfect for the likes of me! 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...