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Believe51 · 06-21-2009, 10:40 AM

Welcome Mena, I am happy you found us and under such circumstances this is also sad. You will gain so much knowledge, support and courage from our family. You shall be inspired and powerful, all the while being loved and nurtured. Feel free to express whatever is on your mind or questions you may have, we have been and seen much more than any humans should.

My Mother was also diagnosed on her birthday and although she was not stage IV, she had trouble with that. We now view this as her gift, her life started over that day, her fight begun. Please understand that I know no one wants nor deserves this disease, no one. I hope that someday you may feel the same, that this particular day was going to happen but it happened on your birthday. Whatever you may ever think, Sweetness, the day you got diagnosed was the day you began to truly live. And we shall celebrate your wonderful life right along with you. That you most surely will come to find out either way.

Know you will be 'Living With Breast Cancer' AND NOT 'Dying From Breast Cancer'. And Mena, we will be here for you through the entire journey. Hold on and stay strong, we are here with you now.>>Believe51

PS: Just in case you have not read it yet, my husband is the one with the bc (bio below) and not me.

06-21-2009, 10:40 AM	#8
Believe51 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: RHODE ISLAND (Ed getting me a latte on 2nd Cancerversary Cruise 2008) 'BELIEVE': To accept as true or real, To have faith in, To presume ALWAYS BELIEVE Posts: 3,000	Mena, welcome to the family!! Welcome Mena, I am happy you found us and under such circumstances this is also sad. You will gain so much knowledge, support and courage from our family. You shall be inspired and powerful, all the while being loved and nurtured. Feel free to express whatever is on your mind or questions you may have, we have been and seen much more than any humans should. My Mother was also diagnosed on her birthday and although she was not stage IV, she had trouble with that. We now view this as her gift, her life started over that day, her fight begun. Please understand that I know no one wants nor deserves this disease, no one. I hope that someday you may feel the same, that this particular day was going to happen but it happened on your birthday. Whatever you may ever think, Sweetness, the day you got diagnosed was the day you began to truly live. And we shall celebrate your wonderful life right along with you. That you most surely will come to find out either way. Know you will be 'Living With Breast Cancer' AND NOT 'Dying From Breast Cancer'. And Mena, we will be here for you through the entire journey. Hold on and stay strong, we are here with you now.>>Believe51 PS: Just in case you have not read it yet, my husband is the one with the bc (bio below) and not me. __________________ 9/7/06Husband 50yrs=StageIV IBC/HER2+,BoneMets10/06TaxotereX10,'H'1X wk,Zometa,Tamoxifen4/12/07Last Tax5/18/07Pet=Rapid Cell Activity,No Organ Mets,Lytic Lesions,Degeneration,Some Bone Repair5/07ChemoFail6/01/07Pleural Thoracentisis=Effusions,NoMalignantCells6/19/07+7/2/07DFCI 6/25/07BrainMRI=BrainMets,Many<9mm7/10/07WBR/PelvisRad37.5Gx15&Nutritionist8/19/07T/X9/20/07BrainMRI=2<2mm10/6/07Pet=BoneProgression 10/24/07ChemoFail11/9/07A/Cx10,EndTam12/7/07Faslodex12/10/07Muga7512/13/07BlasticLesions1/7/08BrainMRI=Clear4/1/08Pet=BoneImprovement, NoProgression,Stable4/7/08BrainPerfect5/16/08Last A/C8/26/08BrainMets=10(<9mm)9/10/08Gamma10/30/08Met=5mm12/19/08Gamma5mets5 12/22/08SpinalMets1/14/09SpinalRads2/17/09BrainMRI=NoNewMets4/20/09BoneScan5/14/09Ixempra6/1/09BrainMRI=NumerousMets6/24/09DFCIw/DrBurstein6/26/09Continue Ixempra/Faslodex/Zometa~TM now lower7/17/09Stop Ixempra By Choice9/21/09HOSPICE10/16/09Earned His Deserved Wings And Halo=37 Month Fight w/Stage 4 IBC, Her2+++,My Hero!!