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Andrea Barnett Budin · 03-05-2008, 06:06 PM

Very exciting RB! I understand being into the 100th edit, and I am far away from publishing! As Oscar Wilde said, "I have spent most of the day putting in a comma, and the rest of the day taking it out"... (Not to even mention Flori's comma woes!) Best of luck on your book, RB!!

My oncological nutritionist has told me to stay away from larger fish as they contain more mercury, having had more time to absorb it, just as FOB says. So I've been staying away from tuna. Today a friend told me about TONGOL TUNA! It is smaller, wild caught (as opposed to farm raised which has toxins and ?hormones). Any one hear about this? It's in all the health food stores around here. Whole Foods, etc.

They swim in Thailand and do not swim w/the dolphins, thus not endangering them.
Andi

03-05-2008, 06:06 PM	#206
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	Tongol Tuna Very exciting RB! I understand being into the 100th edit, and I am far away from publishing! As Oscar Wilde said, "I have spent most of the day putting in a comma, and the rest of the day taking it out"... (Not to even mention Flori's comma woes!) Best of luck on your book, RB!! My oncological nutritionist has told me to stay away from larger fish as they contain more mercury, having had more time to absorb it, just as FOB says. So I've been staying away from tuna. Today a friend told me about TONGOL TUNA! It is smaller, wild caught (as opposed to farm raised which has toxins and ?hormones). Any one hear about this? It's in all the health food stores around here. Whole Foods, etc. They swim in Thailand and do not swim w/the dolphins, thus not endangering them. 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...