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Andrea Barnett Budin · 10-11-2007, 10:48 AM

SO, FULL OF HOPE ISN'T JUST FULL OF BEANS! Good for you. Yes, similar dx, though I have to check out FEC, TACE and LITT, from your signature. Am very interested in THE VACCINE TRIAL you are in! You are in Seattle, or you are in UK? I'm confused. What else is new?

Your words -- "Many animals die when put in cages, even if they are fed, if they are released before death, some make fantastic recovery. SOMETIMES FOR HUMANS OUR *CAGE* CAN BE OUR OWN EASILY WORRIED ATTITUDE, AN INHERITED MINDSET OR FEELINGS OF INADEQUACIES" are full of enlightened awareness in my book.

Our thoughts can haunt and taunt us, OR, if we consciously choose to rewrite our internal dialogue we can elevate our mood and call our desired destiny to us. We can FREE ourselves from the cage of living in fear and sorrow, anger and resentment. We have that power! Along w/the power to instruct our bodies to HEAL... Talk about EMPOWERMENT! It is a stunning discovery once you come to see and BELIEVE...

AUM MANI PADME HOM -- for cleansing and transformation, healing and harmony.

Andi

10-11-2007, 10:48 AM	#21
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	You Make Me Smile! SO, FULL OF HOPE ISN'T JUST FULL OF BEANS! Good for you. Yes, similar dx, though I have to check out FEC, TACE and LITT, from your signature. Am very interested in THE VACCINE TRIAL you are in! You are in Seattle, or you are in UK? I'm confused. What else is new? Your words -- "Many animals die when put in cages, even if they are fed, if they are released before death, some make fantastic recovery. SOMETIMES FOR HUMANS OUR CAGE CAN BE OUR OWN EASILY WORRIED ATTITUDE, AN INHERITED MINDSET OR FEELINGS OF INADEQUACIES" are full of enlightened awareness in my book. Our thoughts can haunt and taunt us, OR, if we consciously choose to rewrite our internal dialogue we can elevate our mood and call our desired destiny to us. We can FREE ourselves from the cage of living in fear and sorrow, anger and resentment. We have that power! Along w/the power to instruct our bodies to HEAL... Talk about EMPOWERMENT! It is a stunning discovery once you come to see and BELIEVE... AUM MANI PADME HOM -- for cleansing and transformation, healing and harmony. 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...