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Andrea Barnett Budin · 10-08-2007, 03:38 PM

Vanessa, Sounds like a call I got once from my onc (when liver mets were found). Come in at 5: w/Paul. What's going on? See some *abnormal* cells. After he said he never likes to tell such news on the phone. Worries about driving half crazed.

So I am praying my instincts are wrong with you, anyway. Call on Sunday, take Decadron, bring a companion. Whatever it is -- you have all our prayers. Hoping this is caught early on if it is something and is ripe for total destruction. Please let us know what's happening with you, Vanessa, as we're all holding our breath since yesterday, much like you must be. No matter what, you seem to be in caring, able hands... And you are surrounded by much love...
Waiting to hear, Andi

10-08-2007, 03:38 PM	#34
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	Anxiously Awaiting Your Post, Vanessa... Vanessa, Sounds like a call I got once from my onc (when liver mets were found). Come in at 5: w/Paul. What's going on? See some abnormal cells. After he said he never likes to tell such news on the phone. Worries about driving half crazed. So I am praying my instincts are wrong with you, anyway. Call on Sunday, take Decadron, bring a companion. Whatever it is -- you have all our prayers. Hoping this is caught early on if it is something and is ripe for total destruction. Please let us know what's happening with you, Vanessa, as we're all holding our breath since yesterday, much like you must be. No matter what, you seem to be in caring, able hands... And you are surrounded by much love... Waiting to hear, 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...