07-20-2009, 10:03 AM
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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
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Be brave!
NOT GRAFFITI -- A GIFT OF LOVE...
Check this link out, please...
Be BRAVE - More Than Medication
WE ARE MORE THAN OUR SORROW.
When i was dx, it was AS IF SOME DEAR SOUL HAD DONE FOR ME WHAT THE BOY IN THIS LINK DID FOR HIS SISTER. I saw it and felt its beauty and truth.
I pray for a VOICE DEEP INSIDE of YOU to say -- BE STRONG. BE BRAVE. BE DETERMINED. To urge onward and upward... It is my wish to transmit a few encouraging words here. Because I know -- words can maim, and words can help heal. I am asking you to believe in your personal empowerment -- your ability to self-heal, despite what doctors and books and looks communicate! Be bold. Trust your Inner Voice. Affirmative words promote well-being and recovery.
I choose my words carefully, KNOWING they can heal me, and others!! Words are the voice of the heart. They monopolize the message in your mind that is drummed into you all day. They effect how you will feel and how you will fare. And the good news is -- YOU have the power to reauthor that message.
Remember, your body is listening to all you say and think. It responds in kind. Stay strong, brave and determined...
With loving energy always,
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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...
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