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Andrea Barnett Budin · 08-26-2013, 09:45 AM

Thanks for the giggles and love -- Flori, Steph, Denise!!

Oh right I am invasive lobular (2 out of 21 lymph nodes)...

Hils you are lobular and ductal and HER2 -- YOU WIN! Wishing you all the best! You are obviously most special...

Nancy thanks for chiming in. The radiologist the other day kind of freaked me out. So many gasps. And then she seemed to find herself elated (after asking the 3rd time -- what year???) that I was alive! I AM ALSO ELATED! GRATEFUL FOR EACH DAY. ONE DAY AT A TIME...

Waiting for yet another biopsy. Needle biopsy of my only remaining breast. Should know today, or tomorrow... I BELIEVE I DO NOT HAVE CANCER. Waiting for confirmation is all...

Never had a needle biopsy. Not terrible. Could go forever without ever having to do it again however... Just saying...

08-26-2013, 09:45 AM	#8
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	Re: Who's her2 and lobular...?? Thanks for the giggles and love -- Flori, Steph, Denise!! Oh right I am invasive lobular (2 out of 21 lymph nodes)... Hils you are lobular and ductal and HER2 -- YOU WIN! Wishing you all the best! You are obviously most special... Nancy thanks for chiming in. The radiologist the other day kind of freaked me out. So many gasps. And then she seemed to find herself elated (after asking the 3rd time -- what year???) that I was alive! I AM ALSO ELATED! GRATEFUL FOR EACH DAY. ONE DAY AT A TIME... Waiting for yet another biopsy. Needle biopsy of my only remaining breast. Should know today, or tomorrow... I BELIEVE I DO NOT HAVE CANCER. Waiting for confirmation is all... Never had a needle biopsy. Not terrible. Could go forever without ever having to do it again however... Just saying... __________________ 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...