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Andrea Barnett Budin · 04-15-2008, 12:32 PM

Thanks Joe for the pics of Tiptoe and her fellow critters. It is great that she has made these contacts and bonded. We each need to seek out our own kind, so to speak. Sweet of you to keep us close as we have grown attached to our little Chinese Hamster, ever grateful for her kin's ovaries. They are the key ingredient in Herceptin, which I for one feel continues to save my life.

Please give Tippy hugs from me. (I'm sure she will forgive you for calling her The Rat, as she is a forgiving Soul and full of love.) Tip and her new buds look very happy. Which makes me smile.

Keep having fun and reporting back, please. We're all thinking of y'all. (Heard there were record highs. Enjoy the a/c.)
Andi

04-15-2008, 12:32 PM	#4
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	Thanks Joe for the pics of Tiptoe and her fellow critters. It is great that she has made these contacts and bonded. We each need to seek out our own kind, so to speak. Sweet of you to keep us close as we have grown attached to our little Chinese Hamster, ever grateful for her kin's ovaries. They are the key ingredient in Herceptin, which I for one feel continues to save my life. Please give Tippy hugs from me. (I'm sure she will forgive you for calling her The Rat, as she is a forgiving Soul and full of love.) Tip and her new buds look very happy. Which makes me smile. Keep having fun and reporting back, please. We're all thinking of y'all. (Heard there were record highs. Enjoy the a/c.) 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...