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Re: 12 Years and Stage IV - No sign of my cancer
Yes Steph is right again!
Hi my Sisters!
Been NED/STABLE since 1999...!!!
Check my signature.
Taxotere in '98 when 4th stage spread throughout my liver. Added Herceptin (newly available in 1998 -- lucky me!) after 2 mnths.
9 mnths of Taxoterror and couldn't take it anymore. I think I was getting a larger, more frequent dosage than they now recommend.
Stayed on Vitamin H for -- 10 yrs.
Been off H for nearly 6 yrs.
Supplements galore every day twice a day. Not easy but to me as essential as my blood pressure meds!!!
I meditate daily. Use guided imagery. I see myself far into the future........... I talk to my body!! And to the Universe all the time.
We just got my granddaughter's Bat Mitzvah date --
JANUARY 6, 2018... A new goal! I totally plan on being there! Radiant and surrounded by family!
I live each day filled with love and joy, compassion and humble gratitude for my many blessings! I look up and say THANK YOU every single day from the bottom of my heart, with every fiber of my being...!
Stay fixated on your desired goal. It already exists. Call it to you. That's your job.
Delay is not denial.
You're in a process, as I see it. You KNOW the outcome. See it in vivid detail.
I wish you all dreams come true!!!!!!!!!!
With much love, as always,
Andi
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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...
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