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Andrea Barnett Budin · 10-16-2007, 01:24 PM

The Tipster (Tiptoe, TipToe, TT, Tipsy, Tippy, Tip) was handed to a very nice mailman in the Boca post office today, w/explicit instructions to HANDLE WITH CARE! I sent her PRIORITY MAIL (2-3 days) and paid an extra 65 cents to be able to keep an eye on her and track her down... Precious cargo!

Marie and Ed -- enjoy her all up. Remember she loves to cuddle. Her cherished picture w/the Dalai Lama is in her Journal, for her to look at from time to time. I forgot her pink pen from PinkGirl! Oh dear. Am looking for a little padded envelope.

Tried AGAIN to download/upload??? reduced sized pics of Tiptoe Boca adventure and failed yet again. Remember -- her MEMORY STICK is w/her. Would love to share with every one the shots of Tip that I took, but... Pinkie -- is your ink cartridge dry yet? So sorry I have had to rely on your sweet nature and your ability to scan so much. Maybe Marie can figure out to downsize and upload! And then send instructions to us.

Can Ed take B-12 sublingual? It's a real pick me up! I know the Tipster will give him a lift, but I'm just saying...

Y'all are in my thoughts and prayers with every day,
Andi

10-16-2007, 01:24 PM	#3
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	Priority Mail! The Tipster (Tiptoe, TipToe, TT, Tipsy, Tippy, Tip) was handed to a very nice mailman in the Boca post office today, w/explicit instructions to HANDLE WITH CARE! I sent her PRIORITY MAIL (2-3 days) and paid an extra 65 cents to be able to keep an eye on her and track her down... Precious cargo! Marie and Ed -- enjoy her all up. Remember she loves to cuddle. Her cherished picture w/the Dalai Lama is in her Journal, for her to look at from time to time. I forgot her pink pen from PinkGirl! Oh dear. Am looking for a little padded envelope. Tried AGAIN to download/upload??? reduced sized pics of Tiptoe Boca adventure and failed yet again. Remember -- her MEMORY STICK is w/her. Would love to share with every one the shots of Tip that I took, but... Pinkie -- is your ink cartridge dry yet? So sorry I have had to rely on your sweet nature and your ability to scan so much. Maybe Marie can figure out to downsize and upload! And then send instructions to us. Can Ed take B-12 sublingual? It's a real pick me up! I know the Tipster will give him a lift, but I'm just saying... Y'all are in my thoughts and prayers with every day, 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...