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Andrea Barnett Budin · 10-18-2013, 03:19 PM

You're officially in my thoughts, Caya. May the surgery go easily for you and the recup too.

I remember once having really really low white bld count and the onc said, Go right home. I said, I am just seeing the dentist and then... NO. And I got the speech. Don't go anywhere there are a lot of pp. No supermarkets. No movies.

My husband laughed and said, Seriously?! He said that, No supermarkets?! Smiling he asked, Did he say no jewelry stores too???

Be a lady of leisure. Enjoy your time off!

Let us hear from you when you can...

Love,

Andi

10-18-2013, 03:19 PM	#8
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: Surgery next week for Caya You're officially in my thoughts, Caya. May the surgery go easily for you and the recup too. I remember once having really really low white bld count and the onc said, Go right home. I said, I am just seeing the dentist and then... NO. And I got the speech. Don't go anywhere there are a lot of pp. No supermarkets. No movies. My husband laughed and said, Seriously?! He said that, No supermarkets?! Smiling he asked, Did he say no jewelry stores too??? Be a lady of leisure. Enjoy your time off! Let us hear from you when you can... Love, 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...