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Andrea Barnett Budin · 08-06-2007, 05:26 PM

But I also got a REGULAR email from a friend today that I have not taken the time to check out on Snopes but it warns of a new virus that comes in an email (supposedly reported on CNN) that says you have a GREETING CARD from a friend. This email warns -- DO NOT OPEN THIS GREETING CARD UNLESS YOU KNOW THE NAME OF THE PERSON WHO SENT IT.

I have an English Greeting Card Company and send cards to friends and grandkids, etc. so I took note. It's not a Hallmark card. I will verify on Snopes, but I'm reading this and felt maybe it was related.

I got the private message and assumed it was someone who was drawn by my postings on spirituality -- and I love Einstein!

Then I saw joined in l969 with 0 postings and NO bio. Just signed TURING w/http!

So be careful ladies! I feel so violated. Right here, on my safe and wonderful Her2 site. Is nothing sacred? Ugh. What's the point anyway. What do y'all think about this? ANDI

08-06-2007, 05:26 PM	#4
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	I Got A Buddhism Quote By ?einstein But I also got a REGULAR email from a friend today that I have not taken the time to check out on Snopes but it warns of a new virus that comes in an email (supposedly reported on CNN) that says you have a GREETING CARD from a friend. This email warns -- DO NOT OPEN THIS GREETING CARD UNLESS YOU KNOW THE NAME OF THE PERSON WHO SENT IT. I have an English Greeting Card Company and send cards to friends and grandkids, etc. so I took note. It's not a Hallmark card. I will verify on Snopes, but I'm reading this and felt maybe it was related. I got the private message and assumed it was someone who was drawn by my postings on spirituality -- and I love Einstein! Then I saw joined in l969 with 0 postings and NO bio. Just signed TURING w/http! So be careful ladies! I feel so violated. Right here, on my safe and wonderful Her2 site. Is nothing sacred? Ugh. What's the point anyway. What do y'all think about this? 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...