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Andrea Barnett Budin · 09-08-2012, 12:39 PM

Just love your posts, Paula! (I watched a PBS special over many days and hours about WWII. Wars are not fought on only one front. And when you find yourself in hell, our soldiers just kept going! Setbacks and defeat occur, but we must move on anyway. We won that war against all odds, vividly and awesomely portrayed by that special. I hadn't realized how gloomy it got there.)

And your Survival picture -- fabulous. Every line! (Question -- that last line -- SURVIVAL ISN'T MEASURED IN TOMORROWS BUT IN THE ???? BLUE OF TODAY... (That's how I saw it, as I always have my head in the sky...)

Chrisy, you are such a stellar human being, I don't have adequate words. Your delightful take on Life just makes me glow. Thank you for being you.

HEAL! Be extra good to yourSelf. Love yourSelf. And get on with the next battle. One at a time.

Thinking of you. How could I not?! Cyberhugs galore...

ANDI

09-08-2012, 12:39 PM	#51
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	Oh yeah, and about that bad leg... Just love your posts, Paula! (I watched a PBS special over many days and hours about WWII. Wars are not fought on only one front. And when you find yourself in hell, our soldiers just kept going! Setbacks and defeat occur, but we must move on anyway. We won that war against all odds, vividly and awesomely portrayed by that special. I hadn't realized how gloomy it got there.) And your Survival picture -- fabulous. Every line! (Question -- that last line -- SURVIVAL ISN'T MEASURED IN TOMORROWS BUT IN THE ???? BLUE OF TODAY... (That's how I saw it, as I always have my head in the sky...) Chrisy, you are such a stellar human being, I don't have adequate words. Your delightful take on Life just makes me glow. Thank you for being you. HEAL! Be extra good to yourSelf. Love yourSelf. And get on with the next battle. One at a time. Thinking of you. How could I not?! Cyberhugs galore... 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...