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Old 06-10-2013, 04:42 PM   #25
Andrea Barnett Budin
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Re: Steroid Smackdown Round 3!

Hey Neddy! )))

When I saw Smackdown #3 I couldn't believe it. When you look at the scale, just say -- duly noted...

You are going down in a really good way... Little by little, but unceasingly. The fluid is draining, taking the goo w/it. (My liver necrosis or is that necroses?/plural remain after all these yrs. Just some dead scar tissue filled w/a bit of fluid/cystlike. Maybe that's why my scale says what it does! Whatever. I am here!)

And so are you Neddy. Nisey. Both feel good to me. Just saying.

That ECHO sounded ridiculous, but emblematic of your situation. And good results are all that counts in the end. May Avastin do its thing. Taper away on d... Feeling good. Looking good. Sounding incredible. As always.

You did lose me on the AFL chatter, and I would be the one to like the team w/the best color combination and the cutest mascot. The tushes would interest me but then I'd zone out. Sooo glad though that you and your boys can bond over this and all have so much fun doing it.

Keep us smiling, Neddy. It's perfectly fine, btw, to state your Expectation and Intention clearly -- for your body to hear and obey -- and for the Universe to respond to IN KIND. You would jinx yourself if you stated you KNEW something was going to happen, or if you were full of fear and gloom. That is clearly the wrong message to put out there! YOU are amazing, Nisey...

ANDI -- w/an I please. No y for me (just the sound)...
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'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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