Love and kisses and hugs too!!!
You each inspire me! I am ever wowed by your strength, courage and fab attitudes. I love you all! Truly I do! Thank you for sharing this happy news with me and rejoicing along with me.
I wish every one of you LONG LIFE and STABLE reports.
My prayers and thoughts are ever with those who are still denying the statistics. I read Richard Bloch's book (the H & R guy who had lung ca and was told to put his affairs in order cause he only had mnths to live). He lived at least another 25 yrs, I swear. He rejected the dismal diagnosis. And used love and chemo and Spirit and dogged determination to prove that doc wrong. He said, SOMEONE HAS SURVIVED WHATEVER KIND OF CANCER YOU HAVE. WHY CAN'T YOU BE THAT SOMEONE?
Miraculous outcomes work for me. And, for YOU too! Why not????
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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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