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Andrea Barnett Budin · 03-08-2008, 01:49 PM

Bill I think you were going for feisty, as in spirited. Which is a good thing. Right? I can see how your laughing attack blinded you and fogged your brain temporarily. (I think donkeys are ornery, which isn't at all what you meant to say, I know.)

Hey, Harrie! Feel free to sweetly interject whenever you want. (BTW, my avatar pic was taken in Hawaii, where I was blissing out, having achieved 10 yrs of survival.) I -- who am terrified of heights -- had it in my head for a full yr that I would go parasailing as soon as I arrived in Maui. Before I went to my room, I signed up. Paul and I went in tandem soaring into the sky. I wanted to get as close as I could to God and say THANK YOU! What a high, in every sense of the word! I KNEW I would survive the adventure. I sailed up into the blue feeling enthralled with Life! ALOHA!
Andi

03-08-2008, 01:49 PM	#30
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	Aloha... Bill I think you were going for feisty, as in spirited. Which is a good thing. Right? I can see how your laughing attack blinded you and fogged your brain temporarily. (I think donkeys are ornery, which isn't at all what you meant to say, I know.) Hey, Harrie! Feel free to sweetly interject whenever you want. (BTW, my avatar pic was taken in Hawaii, where I was blissing out, having achieved 10 yrs of survival.) I -- who am terrified of heights -- had it in my head for a full yr that I would go parasailing as soon as I arrived in Maui. Before I went to my room, I signed up. Paul and I went in tandem soaring into the sky. I wanted to get as close as I could to God and say THANK YOU! What a high, in every sense of the word! I KNEW I would survive the adventure. I sailed up into the blue feeling enthralled with Life! ALOHA! 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...