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Andrea Barnett Budin · 02-13-2008, 03:10 PM

Dear Bill, You are cool with me too. I was only kidding you, knowing you can take (and dish) a joke. Thanks for your sense of humor. Thanks for every giggle and smile you've brought to me, and many others (no doubt).

Aside from calling our Tiptoe a *he* -- I didn't note that you referred to HER as a rodent-like creature. Shame on you. We have all come to love her hunched back and long skinny tail. Along with those piercing little eyes.

After all, Tip, and her kind, have saved many a life! She is a noble, selfless creature and I am personally indebted to her and her ilk big time (being in my 10th yr of Herceptin).

That being said, I hasten to add -- GOOD FOR YOU, Bill. It takes an evolved Spirit to face one's missteps and make amends. I really appreciate your fun way of seeing the world! Humor is one of the best coping mechanisms I know of!! Please keep us laughing out loud. Highly therapeutic! THANK YOU very much...
Andi

02-13-2008, 03:10 PM	#6
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	Dear Bill, You are cool with me too. I was only kidding you, knowing you can take (and dish) a joke. Thanks for your sense of humor. Thanks for every giggle and smile you've brought to me, and many others (no doubt). Aside from calling our Tiptoe a he -- I didn't note that you referred to HER as a rodent-like creature. Shame on you. We have all come to love her hunched back and long skinny tail. Along with those piercing little eyes. After all, Tip, and her kind, have saved many a life! She is a noble, selfless creature and I am personally indebted to her and her ilk big time (being in my 10th yr of Herceptin). That being said, I hasten to add -- GOOD FOR YOU, Bill. It takes an evolved Spirit to face one's missteps and make amends. I really appreciate your fun way of seeing the world! Humor is one of the best coping mechanisms I know of!! Please keep us laughing out loud. Highly therapeutic! THANK YOU very much... 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...