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Andrea Barnett Budin · 10-11-2007, 04:47 PM

Hi Bonnie,

I think stress (like typing this out and then losing it! Damnit!!!!) is the root of all illness.

Whatever your weakest genetic point is -- that's where it strikes.

So in the midst of a trauma or with unhealed issues of yesterdays if we are aware of its potential to harm us, we can arm ourselves.

When my husband was sick this past June/July/August -- w/multiple trips to the emergency room, passing out (knees buckling, staggering and crashing into unconsciousness) and Is he having a stroke, What's happening, and then inability to urinate (needing 2 catheters) and Is he in renal failure???????? -- I was STRESSED OUT.

I prayed for him. And I meditated. Right there in the hospital. PLEASE GOD LET PAUL BE ALL RIGHT. PLEASE STAY CLOSE. And, telling my body -- DO NOT ALLOW THIS TO MAKE ME SICK. NO MORE CANCER. I NEED TO BE WELL AND HEALTHY. I think that if we see how stress and unresolved issues can poison us and make us sick, we can become EMPOWERED to learn to stop that from happening. This is a great teaching we can benefit from immeasurably! Since my bc dx I have become more enlightened and feel compelled to share what I've found w/every one.

It's something worth pondering for sure...
Andi

10-11-2007, 04:47 PM	#9
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	STRESS/UNRESOLVED ISSUES AND ILLNESS period! Hi Bonnie, I think stress (like typing this out and then losing it! Damnit!!!!) is the root of all illness. Whatever your weakest genetic point is -- that's where it strikes. So in the midst of a trauma or with unhealed issues of yesterdays if we are aware of its potential to harm us, we can arm ourselves. When my husband was sick this past June/July/August -- w/multiple trips to the emergency room, passing out (knees buckling, staggering and crashing into unconsciousness) and Is he having a stroke, What's happening, and then inability to urinate (needing 2 catheters) and Is he in renal failure???????? -- I was STRESSED OUT. I prayed for him. And I meditated. Right there in the hospital. PLEASE GOD LET PAUL BE ALL RIGHT. PLEASE STAY CLOSE. And, telling my body -- DO NOT ALLOW THIS TO MAKE ME SICK. NO MORE CANCER. I NEED TO BE WELL AND HEALTHY. I think that if we see how stress and unresolved issues can poison us and make us sick, we can become EMPOWERED to learn to stop that from happening. This is a great teaching we can benefit from immeasurably! Since my bc dx I have become more enlightened and feel compelled to share what I've found w/every one. It's something worth pondering for sure... 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...