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Old 01-04-2008, 06:00 PM   #1
Mary Jo
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Hi R.B. ~ Now that I understand wherein you are saying it's all something we would all be doing if we knew what exactly to do. I guess the long and short of it is ........... do your best. Eat healthy.....exercise..........get D3 into our bodies..............fish oil and as the saying goes............everything in moderation. Nothing this complicated could ever be easy and if the answers all were to be found in this area I guess more would be known. But still I say thanks to you. Although I am confused by much of what you bring to us, I also have learned much. Also I know your goal is to educate us so we can make the right choices for ourselves. That must come from a heart that is big......a heart that is kind..........and just a downright generous soul.

And to you Andi.......................the whole time I was reading your post I'm thinking to myself...................."why is Andi calling the onc. she respects so much a "nut?".........." Hahahahahahahahaha! Honestly, I thought you were calling him a "nut" and as I got closer to the bottom of your post it hit me "nut = nutrionist!" Hahahahahahaha! See, I wasn't kidding when I said I was a "special needs" case. LOL!

Thanks everyone. Happy eating and happy supplement taking BUT please throw a bit of chocolate in their for good measure. Afterall, life is short ~ so live a little.

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Mary Jo
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Dx. 6/24/05 age 45 Right Breast IDC
ER/PR. Neg., - Her2+++
RB Mast. - 7/28/05 - 4 cm. tumor
Margins clear - 1 microscopic cell 1 sent. node
No Vasucular Invasion
4 DD A/C - 4 DD Taxol & Herceptin
1 full year of Herceptin received every 3 weeks
28 rads
prophylactic Mast. 3/2/06

17 Years NED

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Old 01-04-2008, 06:49 PM   #2
Andrea Barnett Budin
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Wink Just My Little Joke...

Oh, I KNOW MARY JO. I USED TO CALL HIM MY NUTR/ONCOL (boring, huh?)and then a friend from Australia emailed me about my nut/onc. She has quite the wit! We agreed that that was likely what many of his peers see him as. We had a good laugh too! So, now my guru has become my nut onc. In tribute to my astute and humorous friend and Sister Warrior/Survivor.

And he's such a good Soul, I'm sure he'd take it well. He's all into meditation and guided imagery, while dispensing his chemo and supplement lists. Very Zen. BE well. BE happy. And BE... With loving energy...
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'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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