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Andrea Barnett Budin · 10-05-2008, 01:55 PM

I feel your strength. And your pain. Loved this poem when I first read it. Still gives me chills as it lends me determination to overcome. Your words are breathtaking. They tell the story of my life. Of every woman with stage four breast canser's life. Every crevice of our thoughts, our feelings, our realities and our losses.

Your painting has an Essence I think. I see it! It is a living entity. And it sings. Full of beauty, harmony and Spirit. With peace and honor, courage and valor at its very heart.

I love your creations. And YOU, Flori, Flori, Morning Glory! Never give up. Never give in. Fight on with the purest of Universal LOVE at your core!

Andi

10-05-2008, 01:55 PM	#10
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	For Flori... I feel your strength. And your pain. Loved this poem when I first read it. Still gives me chills as it lends me determination to overcome. Your words are breathtaking. They tell the story of my life. Of every woman with stage four breast canser's life. Every crevice of our thoughts, our feelings, our realities and our losses. Your painting has an Essence I think. I see it! It is a living entity. And it sings. Full of beauty, harmony and Spirit. With peace and honor, courage and valor at its very heart. I love your creations. And YOU, Flori, Flori, Morning Glory! Never give up. Never give in. Fight on with the purest of Universal LOVE at your core! 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...