Tykerb Tigers need an Oprah show

Adriana Mangus · 06-01-2007, 02:10 PM

Whatever happened to this project? Is it something we are still interested in doing. I just came across this posting. Had no idea. I wrote to Oprah over a year ago and suggested for her producer to put a group of us together so that women-especially the newly diagnosed- know that there is hope. I have walked this road more than once, we're the face of hope, compassion, bravery, assertiveness, etc. etc. Please let me know.

We can always put together a video, this is an idea, we introduced ourselves no more than 3 minutes each., begin by stating your name, year of diagnosis, treatments, recurrences if any etc. then we will circulate the video among those who want to participate, once completed we'll send it to Oprah!!

Sisters, what do you think?? I'd love to go to Chicago and meet a lot of our sisters who live in the South, East, and Midwest,etc. what a wonderful idea.

Please respond.

hutchibk · 06-01-2007, 02:25 PM

The project got a little side-tracked when the site went down. And, I have been in two hells.... 1) house buying hell (we close on Tues) and 2) starting Tykerb/Xeloda/what to do about the brain mets hell. And I have been trying to work and will be traveling a little the next couple of weeks. After the 3rd week in June, I think I can sit and devote a little time to it. In the meantime, keep posting girls! Lets post ideas for a proposal. In the meantime, I will work on getting the name of the person at Oprah that my friend dealt with and see if we can get our foot in the door.

Andrea Barnett Budin · 06-01-2007, 02:37 PM

Brenda, honey -- you blow me away! What you're dealing with, all at the same time -- YOU ARE WONDER WOMAN! I'd think it can't be done, but here you are doing it all. Stay strong, positive and determined. May the brain MRI go well. HAPPY MOVING! What hell is that?! Stress is your middle name. May you somehow find moments of peace in the coming weeks. I will say extra prayers for you. You deserve a badge of courage, a medal of honor and 13 platinum gold stars. (13 is my lucky #. I will share with you.) Several times a day, go within, in silence, and connect with that Something that is the True You. It is your Spirit. It wants what you want. It knows, beyond knowledge. Follow your heart. Listen to your Inner Voice. And talk to your body! Tell it to get it's act together. Command it to HEAL. BE WELL. HEALTHY. I do this every day still (since '95). I stay connected to my Soul. I swear it is a life-saving, life-changing experience. Sending you loving, healing energy... ANDI

hutchibk · 06-01-2007, 03:12 PM

I am not as amazing as you might think... I do allow myself alot of down time. Just can't afford very much for the next couple of weeks. Luckily we don't have to move right away. Our lease isn't up until July 31. It's just trying to get the danged thing closed has been a headache, but we are almost there!
My counselor is teaching me meditation... it is so lovely. I am on the path to serene, but it is just a little out on my reach for the time being.
'om namo guru dev namo'

Andrea Barnett Budin · 06-01-2007, 03:32 PM

Brenda, I read your signature/med history. You have been through a lot and you should be proud of your personal growth, the courage and strength you've uncovered within yourself. I meditate daily. I go deep inside myself, in silence. Sometimes Andreas Bocelli's Romanza helps me float up to a cloud w/my eyes closed. As I go within, fully relaxed from my toes inch by inch up to the top of my head, including every little aspect of my body -- I then imagine myself as weighing about 2,000 lbs. From that I imagine myself as a feather and with that I float up and look down at myself. As I do this, I become SOMETHING OTHER THAN THE SELF I KNOW. I become connected to my Spirit. I re-identify myself. I am more than a mind and a body. I AM BODY, MIND AND SOUL. I am truly a Soul. We are each Soul.

I have come to see others as a Soul. To treat them as a sacred being, as they truly are. I try to talk to their Higher Self, even when they are acting as their basest self. And the energy changes almost immediately.

You are energy. Your thoughts are energy. They go out from you on varying frequency waves -- into the Universe. They vibrate at a higher rate when filled with positivity (love, joy, serenity, belief, compassion, awe, gratitude). They vibrate slower when filled with negativity (anger, resentment, stress, the inability to forgive, remorse, sadness, fear, blame). THE UNIVERSE SENSES WHAT YOU ARE TRANSMITTING -- AND RESPONDS IN KIND. So what you think all day, the composition of the thoughts you dwell upon -- draws equal energy to you. Believing in your ability to call wellness to you fills you with thoughts that are pure and positive. Then you feel all the positive emotions those thoughts evoke. And the Universe sends you what you send it! Positivity draws more positivity. Negativity begets more negativity.

Remembering this as thoughts occur keeps you on track, to call your desired destiny to you. I was dx in '95 at age 50, post menopausal. 4th stage. Multiple mets to the liver in '98. Her2+. Poor prognosis from the getgo. But I was determined to endure whatever I had to (mastec/reconst/chemo then mets and Taxotere and the godsend, Herceptin, which I remain on since '98. You too can be a miracle. With the power of your thoughts. And through your meditation and your finding your True Self in meditation. You are a radiant Soul. Beautiful.

Tell me what 'om namo guru dev namo' translates into. It is a mantra? Sending you loving, healing energy... ANDI

mrsd · 06-01-2007, 03:54 PM

A BIG thanks to all here who visit and post, I mostly visit as you can tell. Maybe the way to get Oprah's attention is to post a link to this website? We need people to know that we are living with cancer, and I might add we are doing it very well!