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Andrea Barnett Budin · 11-02-2013, 05:53 PM

Yes, double yay for the uti. Let's blame it all on that. Until proven otherwise -- which won't happen. Sorry you have to go through all those tests. Just to prove you're okay.

I have been there. Feeling sick all the time. Weak. Frail. I saw myself as a fragile person. I began to unconsciously treat myself as an invalid. Until I woke up and realized I had to stop that. Stop the visions of my babies (who were full grown, but still my babies) without me. I didn't want to miss a single holiday, birthday, whatever.

And that's when I started to learn, or re-learn, the power of our thoughts. Guided imagery is serious business. We don't want our worst nightmares to come true. We have to THINK FROM THE END, meaning when we are through the process and at our desired goal! We have to see ourselves not as weak, though we are not stupid, and know that the precarious steps we take say so much. We have to determine that we are not buying into the story that is presenting itself.

Realists don't succeed. Einstein reminded us that Imagination is greater than intelligence.

So imagine yourself well and healthy. This reminds your body to remember what it feels like to be well and healthy. Our reasonable brains can hardly recall how that feels, but our bodies definitely do. They can replicate the symptoms of being well and healthy!

We can't think, I am know I am going downhill, this is it, the end is near. That is wrong-thinking! Detrimental to our health.

When we're in the process of getting to our dream, we will have crappy days on top of lousier days, but -- we are making our way to our desired finish line!

Don't allow negative thoughts to rent space in your brain, please. For your own good. Cause what you think, will come to be. So use your power for your highest good.

Don't let your unwanted thoughts rule your life. Plant some seeds and watch them blossom in front of your eyes!

With love,

Andi

11-02-2013, 05:53 PM	#45
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: NEDenise Downer Alert! Yes, double yay for the uti. Let's blame it all on that. Until proven otherwise -- which won't happen. Sorry you have to go through all those tests. Just to prove you're okay. I have been there. Feeling sick all the time. Weak. Frail. I saw myself as a fragile person. I began to unconsciously treat myself as an invalid. Until I woke up and realized I had to stop that. Stop the visions of my babies (who were full grown, but still my babies) without me. I didn't want to miss a single holiday, birthday, whatever. And that's when I started to learn, or re-learn, the power of our thoughts. Guided imagery is serious business. We don't want our worst nightmares to come true. We have to THINK FROM THE END, meaning when we are through the process and at our desired goal! We have to see ourselves not as weak, though we are not stupid, and know that the precarious steps we take say so much. We have to determine that we are not buying into the story that is presenting itself. Realists don't succeed. Einstein reminded us that Imagination is greater than intelligence. So imagine yourself well and healthy. This reminds your body to remember what it feels like to be well and healthy. Our reasonable brains can hardly recall how that feels, but our bodies definitely do. They can replicate the symptoms of being well and healthy! We can't think, I am know I am going downhill, this is it, the end is near. That is wrong-thinking! Detrimental to our health. When we're in the process of getting to our dream, we will have crappy days on top of lousier days, but -- we are making our way to our desired finish line! Don't allow negative thoughts to rent space in your brain, please. For your own good. Cause what you think, will come to be. So use your power for your highest good. Don't let your unwanted thoughts rule your life. Plant some seeds and watch them blossom in front of your eyes! With 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...