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Andrea Barnett Budin · 12-10-2013, 07:23 PM

Ok then!

Bye Little Met! January 6 is the day!

It's always wise to learn from experience and yet -- please don't focus your attention over your shoulder, Karen. Our past doesn't predict our future!

Ablate the thought "this might be it" from your mind immediately. What you concentrate on will materialize. So think of -- this is it for Little Met.

And I am grateful that there is no active cancer anywhere except this little guy.

This feels like the right move to me, Karen. Go forth KNOWING you have a master plan complete with detailed blueprints as to its precise location and nuances. Go get that sucker and blow him away!

Rest comfortably in your choice. It is sound and well-plotted.

Focus on how joyful you will feel when they tell you that blinking met is out of your life!!!!!!! Think of THAT every night as you prepare to fall asleep and throughout the day, when bad thoughts creep in, as they tend to do.

Kick it to the side, and replace it as fast as you can with the elation you are soon to know!

My love,

Andi

12-10-2013, 07:23 PM	#33
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: Well, This Blows! Ok then! Bye Little Met! January 6 is the day! It's always wise to learn from experience and yet -- please don't focus your attention over your shoulder, Karen. Our past doesn't predict our future! Ablate the thought "this might be it" from your mind immediately. What you concentrate on will materialize. So think of -- this is it for Little Met. And I am grateful that there is no active cancer anywhere except this little guy. This feels like the right move to me, Karen. Go forth KNOWING you have a master plan complete with detailed blueprints as to its precise location and nuances. Go get that sucker and blow him away! Rest comfortably in your choice. It is sound and well-plotted. Focus on how joyful you will feel when they tell you that blinking met is out of your life!!!!!!! Think of THAT every night as you prepare to fall asleep and throughout the day, when bad thoughts creep in, as they tend to do. Kick it to the side, and replace it as fast as you can with the elation you are soon to know! My love, 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...