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Old 12-04-2007, 04:09 PM   #16
Andrea Barnett Budin
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ONE MORE TIME. I JUST POSTED RE MY PROBLEMS WITH THE BOARD AND WAS TOLD I HAD NOT LOGGED IN, WHICH I HAD 3X IN THE LAST 5 MIN. MY POST DISAPPEARED AS I KEPT TRYING TO LOG IN YET AGAIN. I GOT THE WELCOME SIGN AND THEN -- WHERE'S THE POST?

IT TOOK 2 TRIES TO GET TO THE SITE. I THEN WENT FOR A BANANA WHILE WAITING FOR THE BLUE BAR TO MOVE. THIS OCCURS AS MOVE, OR TRY TO, FROM ONE PAGE TO ANOTHER, ONE THREAD TO ANOTHER.

THIS IS HAPPENING REPEATEDLY. WHEN I WRITE A POST AND HIT POST REPLY -- I AM TOLD I MUST REGISTER, OR LOG IN! WHICH I HAVE DONE NUMEROUS TIMES IN THE 5 PRECEDING MIN. BUT I RE-REGISTER AGAIN. THEN THAT SCREEN DISAPPEARS AND THE SAME SCREEN REAPPEARS, ASKING ME TO LOG IN, AS IF I HADN'T JUST DONE EXACTLY THAT. I DO IT AGAIN. THEN IT SAYS I HAVE ENTERED AN INVALID USER NAME OR PASSWORD. I SWEAR I HAVE NOT.

I KNOW OTHERS ARE EXPERIENCING THIS. JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW, JOE, THAT I TOO HAVE NOTED -- ALL IS NOT WELL. JUST REPORTING IN. AND PRAYING THIS POST MAKES IT TO THE BOARD, AS THE ONE I POSTED 5 MIN AGO VANISHED, AS DID 2 OTHER POSTS YESTERDAY!!

HOPE THE SPAMMERS ARE HAVING AT LEAST AS MUCH TROUBLE GETTING THROUGH. IDENTITY THEFT IS ALMOST AS FRIGHTENING AS CANCER... LOL
Andi
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'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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