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Andrea Barnett Budin · 02-06-2016, 01:29 PM

You can't keep telling yourself the I'm going to die story. Cancer isn't a death sentence. To hell w/ stats and experts (w/all due respect )! BE A MIRACLE. Miracles happen. Start seeing yourself as a rare bird, a remarkable story. I'm living with 4th stage bc since 1995. I've known I am HER2+ since 1998. I lived through a mastec, tram flap reconstr, Adria, CMF, Taxotere and 10 yrs of Herceptin. I started less than 2 mnths after it was fast-tracked by the FDA. Been free of tx since 2008. I AM HEALTHY AND WELL. And YOU can be too! I am full of love and joy, gratitude and serenity. KNOW you will survive. Rewrite your destiny. Change your story... Hold on to faith and belief in your empowerment!

02-06-2016, 01:29 PM	#2
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: Got hope? Here's a great story... You can't keep telling yourself the I'm going to die story. Cancer isn't a death sentence. To hell w/ stats and experts (w/all due respect )! BE A MIRACLE. Miracles happen. Start seeing yourself as a rare bird, a remarkable story. I'm living with 4th stage bc since 1995. I've known I am HER2+ since 1998. I lived through a mastec, tram flap reconstr, Adria, CMF, Taxotere and 10 yrs of Herceptin. I started less than 2 mnths after it was fast-tracked by the FDA. Been free of tx since 2008. I AM HEALTHY AND WELL. And YOU can be too! I am full of love and joy, gratitude and serenity. KNOW you will survive. Rewrite your destiny. Change your story... Hold on to faith and belief in your empowerment! __________________ 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...