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Andrea Barnett Budin · 09-20-2007, 12:11 PM

It is a joy to read that young and old pp were out picketing the war (in Marie's post)!
I AM HONKING MY HORN RIGHT NOW. Can you hear it??? I WANT OUR KIDS HOME! I DON'T WANT ANY MORE TO GO OVER, OR BACK!! I don't know what success looks like, but I don't want to wait for it to come (which my instincts tell me could honestly take another few millennia!). I want us out of Iraq. Afghanistan is another issue. The cost of lives is enough reason for me to feel this way. But the cost in $$$$, which we do NOT have to spend, is infuriating.

Forgive my political rant. With New Orleans still in need of so much aid, w/the medical mess of Medicare denying patients all over the place, w/so many places to put our tax $$$ HERE in the USA, I cannot condone staying in Iraq.

We are in this together, and I add my horn blast to be heard by Washington loud and clear.

Andi

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09-20-2007, 12:11 PM	#139
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	Peace Out... It is a joy to read that young and old pp were out picketing the war (in Marie's post)! I AM HONKING MY HORN RIGHT NOW. Can you hear it??? I WANT OUR KIDS HOME! I DON'T WANT ANY MORE TO GO OVER, OR BACK!! I don't know what success looks like, but I don't want to wait for it to come (which my instincts tell me could honestly take another few millennia!). I want us out of Iraq. Afghanistan is another issue. The cost of lives is enough reason for me to feel this way. But the cost in $$$$, which we do NOT have to spend, is infuriating. Forgive my political rant. With New Orleans still in need of so much aid, w/the medical mess of Medicare denying patients all over the place, w/so many places to put our tax $$$ HERE in the USA, I cannot condone staying in Iraq. We are in this together, and I add my horn blast to be heard by Washington loud and clear. Andi AndiBB@aol.com __________________ 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...