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Andrea Barnett Budin · 04-06-2013, 11:51 AM

Don't write the ending...

Wow Flori, I am writing that one down and posted it around my house.

Chris, gotta say, acute has new meaning for me. Hope it does for you too.

Take the love, lots of supplements (to de-toxify and boost your much beleaguered immune system, fight off free radicals, blah, blah, de blah...) and the erube.

I will add intense prayers in your name, my love as always and healing energy -- to help you reboot your liver.

Talk to it. In Eat Pray Love the medicine man talked about being happy in your liver.

Tell your liver to get it together. It hears everything you think, say or whisper. And -- it knows exactly what to do, even if you can't be specific! Honest!!

This is my positive spin coming at you from Boca...

Big, long, tight hug,

Andi

04-06-2013, 11:51 AM	#42
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	update I hate to give (with a little more positive spin) Don't write the ending... Wow Flori, I am writing that one down and posted it around my house. Chris, gotta say, acute has new meaning for me. Hope it does for you too. Take the love, lots of supplements (to de-toxify and boost your much beleaguered immune system, fight off free radicals, blah, blah, de blah...) and the erube. I will add intense prayers in your name, my love as always and healing energy -- to help you reboot your liver. Talk to it. In Eat Pray Love the medicine man talked about being happy in your liver. Tell your liver to get it together. It hears everything you think, say or whisper. And -- it knows exactly what to do, even if you can't be specific! Honest!! This is my positive spin coming at you from Boca... Big, long, tight hug, 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...