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Andrea Barnett Budin · 11-02-2007, 07:32 PM

Oh, Becky. You are a sweetheart! Keeping us in touch with Tiptoe. And Pinkie is doing a yeoman's job posting for the COMPRESSED CHALLENGED.

Not to embarrass you Becky, as your mind is a marvel, bending around concepts that most of us cannot begin to fathom and explaining to us in what suddenly seems obvious ways. But Pink is the one who posts. She lives in Canada. And Tip is the little guest you have. Tehehe. Guess the day is long and the night is fogging your usual brilliant train of thought, sweet Becky. Thanks for keeping us in touch with our little Tipsy and her adventures. We all anxiously await...

BTW, nights will be getting longer. TOMORROW STARTS DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME, EVERY ONE. *FALL* BACK... In case you didn't notice the NEW time change. My computer mouse has thought it began about 2 wks ago. I didn't bother to fill it in on the new rules. 1st SUNDAY (2AM) in November. Till 2nd SUNDAY (2AM) in April. I think. I googled. I'm becoming my children. The computer is all wise and knowing.

Andi

11-02-2007, 07:32 PM	#13
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	Welcome To The Compressed Picture Challenge... Oh, Becky. You are a sweetheart! Keeping us in touch with Tiptoe. And Pinkie is doing a yeoman's job posting for the COMPRESSED CHALLENGED. Not to embarrass you Becky, as your mind is a marvel, bending around concepts that most of us cannot begin to fathom and explaining to us in what suddenly seems obvious ways. But Pink is the one who posts. She lives in Canada. And Tip is the little guest you have. Tehehe. Guess the day is long and the night is fogging your usual brilliant train of thought, sweet Becky. Thanks for keeping us in touch with our little Tipsy and her adventures. We all anxiously await... BTW, nights will be getting longer. TOMORROW STARTS DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME, EVERY ONE. FALL BACK... In case you didn't notice the NEW time change. My computer mouse has thought it began about 2 wks ago. I didn't bother to fill it in on the new rules. 1st SUNDAY (2AM) in November. Till 2nd SUNDAY (2AM) in April. I think. I googled. I'm becoming my children. The computer is all wise and knowing. 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...