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Andrea Barnett Budin · 10-17-2007, 04:13 PM

Hi Fullofbeans,

My mantra has been I AM STRONG, BRAVE AND DETERMINED. It is my goal at the very least. I am mindful that I am a role model for my children, demonstrating firsthand how to deal with adversity of any kind. So my every word and deed has this awareness as its Essence.

Also, I try to live by I WILL NOT WORRY UNTIL I HAVE DEFINITIVE REASON TO BE CONCERNED. That's a really tough one, I know.

And then there's a note I have printed out around my house, in my face: I REFUSE TO ALLOW FEAR-DRIVEN CONCEPTS TO MANIPULATE ME AND PLAY GAMES WITH MY LIFE AND WELL-BEING. I WILL NOT GIVE MY POWER AWAY TO ANY ONE OR ANY THING. I WILL NOT FOCUS ON WHAT I FEAR MOST, BUT RATHER WHAT I TRULY WANT.

I actually instruct my body daily -- NO MORE CANCER! Making my *Intention* and *Expectation* clear and impassioned. I focus my energy on STAYING WELL AND HEALTHY, and inform my body of this routinely. Your body hears every thing you think and whisper... And it obeys! Expectation = Your Reality.

Wishing you, and all our Sisters decades upon decades of dancing with NED... And stay out of cages that entrap your mind...

With love,
Andi

10-17-2007, 04:13 PM	#24
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	Mantras Help You Manifest Your Desires Hi Fullofbeans, My mantra has been I AM STRONG, BRAVE AND DETERMINED. It is my goal at the very least. I am mindful that I am a role model for my children, demonstrating firsthand how to deal with adversity of any kind. So my every word and deed has this awareness as its Essence. Also, I try to live by I WILL NOT WORRY UNTIL I HAVE DEFINITIVE REASON TO BE CONCERNED. That's a really tough one, I know. And then there's a note I have printed out around my house, in my face: I REFUSE TO ALLOW FEAR-DRIVEN CONCEPTS TO MANIPULATE ME AND PLAY GAMES WITH MY LIFE AND WELL-BEING. I WILL NOT GIVE MY POWER AWAY TO ANY ONE OR ANY THING. I WILL NOT FOCUS ON WHAT I FEAR MOST, BUT RATHER WHAT I TRULY WANT. I actually instruct my body daily -- NO MORE CANCER! Making my Intention and Expectation clear and impassioned. I focus my energy on STAYING WELL AND HEALTHY, and inform my body of this routinely. Your body hears every thing you think and whisper... And it obeys! Expectation = Your Reality. Wishing you, and all our Sisters decades upon decades of dancing with NED... And stay out of cages that entrap your mind... With 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...