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Andrea Barnett Budin · 12-11-2013, 05:18 PM

Thank you for all that, Paul! It's a fantastic discovery and your advocacy has helped Nina. We all appreciate what you tried to do for Denise. How heartbreaking that she could not find some "compassion" for herself. Heaven knows WE would have all signed a petition or done whatever to help.

They have to fix this problem!

Bless MD Anderson. Everywhere I turn I hear how wonderful they are at every turn. Good for them. Wish more hospitals could attain their level of "amazingness", if I may coin a term.

So appreciate you explaining this, as I keep seeing IV Herceptin and keep failing to grasp the concept.

12-11-2013, 05:18 PM	#140
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: NEDenise Has Died Thank you for all that, Paul! It's a fantastic discovery and your advocacy has helped Nina. We all appreciate what you tried to do for Denise. How heartbreaking that she could not find some "compassion" for herself. Heaven knows WE would have all signed a petition or done whatever to help. They have to fix this problem! Bless MD Anderson. Everywhere I turn I hear how wonderful they are at every turn. Good for them. Wish more hospitals could attain their level of "amazingness", if I may coin a term. So appreciate you explaining this, as I keep seeing IV Herceptin and keep failing to grasp the concept. __________________ 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...