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Andrea Barnett Budin · 02-20-2017, 02:09 PM

It was my hope to lift up and inspire any and all of you, my beloved Sisters!

I think of you all often.

So grateful to be alive! Every single day is a beautiful blessing.

Cherish each day, one day at a time. Cherish all you love.

Give generously of your time cause it's a gift we each have the power to give. As we do, it returns to us tenfold.

Smile every day. Smile at strangers. Talk to them. Share. We are all here to share our experience. We each carry messages for one another.

I thank each of you for your words. That touch me deeply. Truly they do.

I want all I have been blessed to have for each of you. That comes from the bottom of my heart.

NEVER give up. Fight on, ladies.

If one person has survived, so can you.

Be a miracle !

ALL MY LOVE TO EACH OF YOU, NOW AND ALWAYS.

Always in my thoughts and in my heart...

Andi

02-20-2017, 02:09 PM	#6
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: ANDI'S STORY 1995 - 2017 and still going strong It was my hope to lift up and inspire any and all of you, my beloved Sisters! I think of you all often. So grateful to be alive! Every single day is a beautiful blessing. Cherish each day, one day at a time. Cherish all you love. Give generously of your time cause it's a gift we each have the power to give. As we do, it returns to us tenfold. Smile every day. Smile at strangers. Talk to them. Share. We are all here to share our experience. We each carry messages for one another. I thank each of you for your words. That touch me deeply. Truly they do. I want all I have been blessed to have for each of you. That comes from the bottom of my heart. NEVER give up. Fight on, ladies. If one person has survived, so can you. Be a miracle ! ALL MY LOVE TO EACH OF YOU, NOW AND ALWAYS. Always in my thoughts and in my heart... 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...