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Andrea Barnett Budin · 01-26-2008, 10:37 AM

Hi Steph,

FOR THE RECORD -- Tiptoe was here in Boca from 10/9 - 10/16, at which time I sent her to Marie. I sent Tip PRIORITY MAIL, of course, w/a tracking # -- I was so worried about her traveling midst all the mail from Fla to R. I. She was received by Believe in East Warwick 10/18.

I wanted to check my old posts in this special category THINGS TO THINK ABOUT OTHER THAN BC -- but I cannot locate any posts or pics prior to 10/16ish!! Am I doing something wrong? Or have they been deleted? ANYONE KNOW? I thought it was all recorded for posterity. We have over 3,000 hits. This was a really popular thread -- full of humor and joy and much inspiration and comradery. I'm just saying...

Thanks so much for acting as Tipsy & Tex's travel agent, Steph. They need one! And a wardrobe assistant, apparently. Yikes. I gave Tippy a pink bc bracelet which she wore as a necklace, with a HOPE charm dangling from it. I put in a SUNDISK USB thingy along w/her belongings that came to me from Pinkie -- blue stud earrings, pink hair extension, the Journal and the passport and some teeny-sized miscellaneous items (ie about 8 peanuts, sample sunscreen etc.). The USB is for when the Journal is filled, for pp/hosts to keep the details of our critters' adventures, including pics of course...

I forgot to pack the pink pen the Pink One provided. I am looking at it as I type. I have not used it.

Maybe I had it out to sign the passport -- which I did not do! I think. Truthfully, I wasn't aware I was supposed to touch the passport Pink made, other than to repack it when Tipsy was ready to go. It looked so official. I didn't want to make her become an illegal alien.... lol COULD SOMEONE PLEASE SIGN THE PASSPORT FOR ME? I guess I messed up.

If Tip could write I know she'd send thank you notes to all her wonderful hosts for their generosity of Spirit and their lovely gifts. I know she feels the love. And she returns same to each of us tenfold, along w/heaps of healing energy! And hugs!!
Andi

01-26-2008, 10:37 AM	#17
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	I Have Hosted Tiptoe... #1 On The List After The Pink One Hi Steph, FOR THE RECORD -- Tiptoe was here in Boca from 10/9 - 10/16, at which time I sent her to Marie. I sent Tip PRIORITY MAIL, of course, w/a tracking # -- I was so worried about her traveling midst all the mail from Fla to R. I. She was received by Believe in East Warwick 10/18. I wanted to check my old posts in this special category THINGS TO THINK ABOUT OTHER THAN BC -- but I cannot locate any posts or pics prior to 10/16ish!! Am I doing something wrong? Or have they been deleted? ANYONE KNOW? I thought it was all recorded for posterity. We have over 3,000 hits. This was a really popular thread -- full of humor and joy and much inspiration and comradery. I'm just saying... Thanks so much for acting as Tipsy & Tex's travel agent, Steph. They need one! And a wardrobe assistant, apparently. Yikes. I gave Tippy a pink bc bracelet which she wore as a necklace, with a HOPE charm dangling from it. I put in a SUNDISK USB thingy along w/her belongings that came to me from Pinkie -- blue stud earrings, pink hair extension, the Journal and the passport and some teeny-sized miscellaneous items (ie about 8 peanuts, sample sunscreen etc.). The USB is for when the Journal is filled, for pp/hosts to keep the details of our critters' adventures, including pics of course... I forgot to pack the pink pen the Pink One provided. I am looking at it as I type. I have not used it. Maybe I had it out to sign the passport -- which I did not do! I think. Truthfully, I wasn't aware I was supposed to touch the passport Pink made, other than to repack it when Tipsy was ready to go. It looked so official. I didn't want to make her become an illegal alien.... lol COULD SOMEONE PLEASE SIGN THE PASSPORT FOR ME? I guess I messed up. If Tip could write I know she'd send thank you notes to all her wonderful hosts for their generosity of Spirit and their lovely gifts. I know she feels the love. And she returns same to each of us tenfold, along w/heaps of healing energy! And hugs!! 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...