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Andrea Barnett Budin · 02-11-2016, 06:16 PM

SOME GOOD NEWS:

This is one hell of a story. Brilliantly discussed and laid out, it encapsulates a complex story of 4th stage breast cancer and the HER2+ factor. I live with these women (on line, on the phone, in emails, on Facebook). I have watched too many who I grew to love fail to respond to the treatment of their time. New treatments keep coming, new discoveries of the enemy are better understood and there is more hope today than ever!

I am blessed to be among the thrivers. I am thankful (on my knees) with each new day. We are witnessing a new age in this battle. So many have lost their lives as research moves forward with each month. I can't believe I lived through it. Don't lose hope, Sisters, and Brothers!!

http://www.gene.com/stories/her2/

https://www.flasco.org/governor-rick...areness-month/

http://www.king5.com/story/news/loca...ivor/75706164/

02-11-2016, 06:16 PM	#7
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: Got hope? Here's a great story... SOME GOOD NEWS: This is one hell of a story. Brilliantly discussed and laid out, it encapsulates a complex story of 4th stage breast cancer and the HER2+ factor. I live with these women (on line, on the phone, in emails, on Facebook). I have watched too many who I grew to love fail to respond to the treatment of their time. New treatments keep coming, new discoveries of the enemy are better understood and there is more hope today than ever! I am blessed to be among the thrivers. I am thankful (on my knees) with each new day. We are witnessing a new age in this battle. So many have lost their lives as research moves forward with each month. I can't believe I lived through it. Don't lose hope, Sisters, and Brothers!! http://www.gene.com/stories/her2/ https://www.flasco.org/governor-rick...areness-month/ http://www.king5.com/story/news/loca...ivor/75706164/ __________________ 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...