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Andrea Barnett Budin · 09-18-2007, 12:22 PM

Marie my sweet, You keep on making stuff happen! Sometimes we just need a little reminder, a nudge, and we snap into action. Stay connected to your spiritual nature. And tell Ed to hold on you and it too. (Hope he wasn't upset by my post to him yesterday. I just felt he was in need of one of those nudges to reset his mental chatter and come back to Life!) My love to you both, along with prayers for DANCING WITH NED! Remember -- delay is not denial. Sometimes we have to be patient, which trust me, is the hardest thing to accomplish in the world! I vote for instant gratification, but then I guess I don't get a vote. Want to sign a petition w/me? SOONER rather than later...!
Andi

09-18-2007, 12:22 PM	#34
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	We've got one another's back... Marie my sweet, You keep on making stuff happen! Sometimes we just need a little reminder, a nudge, and we snap into action. Stay connected to your spiritual nature. And tell Ed to hold on you and it too. (Hope he wasn't upset by my post to him yesterday. I just felt he was in need of one of those nudges to reset his mental chatter and come back to Life!) My love to you both, along with prayers for DANCING WITH NED! Remember -- delay is not denial. Sometimes we have to be patient, which trust me, is the hardest thing to accomplish in the world! I vote for instant gratification, but then I guess I don't get a vote. Want to sign a petition w/me? SOONER rather than later...! 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...