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Andrea Barnett Budin · 09-05-2013, 11:56 AM

2x a year -- for the record -- my much requested briskets are required by family (for Rosh Hashanah New Year and Passover holidays). Essential to the menu apparently.

Easy yet filled with many details and much love always. Love is ever a key ingredient in all we do, don't you think?

My oven is actually working this year, so I overcooked it, which generally means EVEN BETTER.

Sooo appreciative of all your kind words. Even Pink's dismay. That is one killer "coconut brownie" cake! MAJOR SUGAR RUSH no doubt...

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09-05-2013, 11:56 AM	#19
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: Andi BB is the Birthday Girl!! 2x a year -- for the record -- my much requested briskets are required by family (for Rosh Hashanah New Year and Passover holidays). Essential to the menu apparently. Easy yet filled with many details and much love always. Love is ever a key ingredient in all we do, don't you think? My oven is actually working this year, so I overcooked it, which generally means EVEN BETTER. Sooo appreciative of all your kind words. Even Pink's dismay. That is one killer "coconut brownie" cake! MAJOR SUGAR RUSH no doubt... XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX0000000000000, 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...