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Andrea Barnett Budin · 04-05-2013, 07:57 PM

Cure Liver Damage

I am beside myself. In googling for some hope for you, which
you must cling to
-- I found this link above.

It's my feeble attempt to offer you food for thought. And HOPE! You are a star. Your radiance and down to earth humor shine on us all, all the time. We're all so blessed to have you. And, we're not letting go so fast.

Your family is scared. That's what you're seeing. I have seen that fear in my husband and daughters. The love that spews up and out is palpable. Focus on the love, Chrisy. Show them what you're made of. Reach for anything you can to get you out of this mess!

I live in hope. You live in hope. Don't stop now. Hospice? I don't think so. It's too unfathomable for me to think. Not Chrisy. No way.

My heart is out of my body and with you in California, dear friend. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO and my love, as always, and forever...
Andi

04-05-2013, 07:57 PM	#21
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	update I hate to give (with a little more positive spin) Cure Liver Damage I am beside myself. In googling for some hope for you, which you must cling to -- I found this link above. It's my feeble attempt to offer you food for thought. And HOPE! You are a star. Your radiance and down to earth humor shine on us all, all the time. We're all so blessed to have you. And, we're not letting go so fast. Your family is scared. That's what you're seeing. I have seen that fear in my husband and daughters. The love that spews up and out is palpable. Focus on the love, Chrisy. Show them what you're made of. Reach for anything you can to get you out of this mess! I live in hope. You live in hope. Don't stop now. Hospice? I don't think so. It's too unfathomable for me to think. Not Chrisy. No way. My heart is out of my body and with you in California, dear friend. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO and my love, as always, and forever... 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...