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Andrea Barnett Budin · 06-26-2013, 11:34 AM

Just got this quote from a friend. Going to print it out and put it in my face.

There are a lot of things to think about but nothing to worry about!!!!!!!!!

I LOVE THIS.

I BELIEVE!!!!!!!!!!!! I BELIEVE IN MIRACLES...

Today is prep day. Liquid diet. Milk of Magnesia (liquid chalk) AM and PM. Cleaning out all systems... 3 doses of antibiotic. Packing for my overnight stay at the hospital. Making lists. I have so many needs apparently. Eye drops for severely dry eyes (thanks Taxotere), vaseline for perpetually dry lips, robe and slippers, toothbrush, toothpaste, on and on. Detail person, ya know. Neurotic, guilty. OCD, I suppose. Works for me...

Tomorrow surgery is scheduled for 1:30 (hospital time which could be whenever). Should be 45 minutes but is a serious surgery and depending on preliminary pathology report they may have to extend the time and do whatever is required subsequently... Blah, blah, blah... Home Friday late, I hope. Or Saturday early-ish...

My rare thing is strange, mysterious -- all docs seem to say. I am going with -- I've beat the odds a few x before, and I plan on being unusual here. Am counting on benign. Have a thing. A mushy mass mess in my abdomen. I am still thinking an inflammatory reaction to my really awful extraordinarily bad IBS flare ups days before my scans.

If I had scans a few mnths later, I'd be good to go.

This is where my head is. Really do love the quote a friend sent me above! I'm printing it out...

Sending love,

Andi

06-26-2013, 11:34 AM	#37
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	Re: The power of your thoughts Just got this quote from a friend. Going to print it out and put it in my face. There are a lot of things to think about but nothing to worry about!!!!!!!!! I LOVE THIS. I BELIEVE!!!!!!!!!!!! I BELIEVE IN MIRACLES... Today is prep day. Liquid diet. Milk of Magnesia (liquid chalk) AM and PM. Cleaning out all systems... 3 doses of antibiotic. Packing for my overnight stay at the hospital. Making lists. I have so many needs apparently. Eye drops for severely dry eyes (thanks Taxotere), vaseline for perpetually dry lips, robe and slippers, toothbrush, toothpaste, on and on. Detail person, ya know. Neurotic, guilty. OCD, I suppose. Works for me... Tomorrow surgery is scheduled for 1:30 (hospital time which could be whenever). Should be 45 minutes but is a serious surgery and depending on preliminary pathology report they may have to extend the time and do whatever is required subsequently... Blah, blah, blah... Home Friday late, I hope. Or Saturday early-ish... My rare thing is strange, mysterious -- all docs seem to say. I am going with -- I've beat the odds a few x before, and I plan on being unusual here. Am counting on benign. Have a thing. A mushy mass mess in my abdomen. I am still thinking an inflammatory reaction to my really awful extraordinarily bad IBS flare ups days before my scans. If I had scans a few mnths later, I'd be good to go. This is where my head is. Really do love the quote a friend sent me above! I'm printing it out... Sending love, 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...