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Andrea Barnett Budin · 08-22-2009, 07:09 PM

gosh i know i ramble... but i did mention...

You have the power to heal yourSelf. Do your part, along with your oncs, nurses, chemo, radiation, supplements, conscientiously balancing your Omega 3s w/those bad 6s, eating less meat, less processed foods, wild caught fish, maybe forgoing sugar till you reach remission, reading books that help you expand your understanding of Life and grant you fresh insight, meditating daily, visualizing yourSelf far far far into the future!!!!!!! With the absolute power of FAITH, BELIEF, CERTAINTY. SEE YOU THERE.

i just seem to have so much i want to tell, to share, to help, to uplift, to inform. i have no doubt you have Lessons to offer as well. We are all here to learn from one another.

LOVING, HEALING ENERGY TO YOU MY FRIEND,

ANDI

08-22-2009, 07:09 PM	#4
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	Hello karen! gosh i know i ramble... but i did mention... You have the power to heal yourSelf. Do your part, along with your oncs, nurses, chemo, radiation, supplements, conscientiously balancing your Omega 3s w/those bad 6s, eating less meat, less processed foods, wild caught fish, maybe forgoing sugar till you reach remission, reading books that help you expand your understanding of Life and grant you fresh insight, meditating daily, visualizing yourSelf far far far into the future!!!!!!! With the absolute power of FAITH, BELIEF, CERTAINTY. SEE YOU THERE. i just seem to have so much i want to tell, to share, to help, to uplift, to inform. i have no doubt you have Lessons to offer as well. We are all here to learn from one another. LOVING, HEALING ENERGY TO YOU MY FRIEND, 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...