HER2 Support Group Forums - View Single Post

Andrea Barnett Budin · 06-26-2013, 02:26 PM

Your kind words and prayers are genuinely appreciated! Need all the positive energy I can summon.

Liquid diet and a little diabetes don't really work out well. Gotta say. Took 2 of 3 antibiotics and -- crashed. Chills, hunched over, dizzy -- got under the covers and lay down. Feeling better now.

Just fed the dogs and -- I was so jealous!! Solid food. We need to appreciate how blessed we are to have a meal our bellies every day!

Tummy growling and not cause I have to poop... Milk of Magnesia took care of that. Have another dose to look forward to this evening...

Lots of movies, Il Divo and saved Lewis Black -- for my evening's entertainment.

Love from the sunshine state all. Wishing you all health and wellness!

ANDI

06-26-2013, 02:26 PM	#40
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 Your kind words and prayers are genuinely appreciated! Need all the positive energy I can summon. Liquid diet and a little diabetes don't really work out well. Gotta say. Took 2 of 3 antibiotics and -- crashed. Chills, hunched over, dizzy -- got under the covers and lay down. Feeling better now. Just fed the dogs and -- I was so jealous!! Solid food. We need to appreciate how blessed we are to have a meal our bellies every day! Tummy growling and not cause I have to poop... Milk of Magnesia took care of that. Have another dose to look forward to this evening... Lots of movies, Il Divo and saved Lewis Black -- for my evening's entertainment. Love from the sunshine state all. Wishing you all health and wellness! 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...