01-01-2008, 02:50 PM
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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
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PINKIE -- I PUT ICE TEA IN YOUR GLASS!
BILL -- *OUR* ONLY TRADITION IS TO FEAST (COCKTAIL FRANKS ARE A MUST!), DRINK (& NOT DRIVE) AND BE MERRY, GRATEFUL FOR WHAT WE HAVE, NOT FOCUSING ON WHAT IS NOT TO OUR LIKING. AND WE CLICK GLASSES AND TOAST SPECIFICALLY TO A WONDERFUL AND FRESH NEW YEAR. WITH GOOD HEALTH BEING OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE. HERE'S TO LOVE AND LAUGHTER, HARMONY AND HEALTH!! AND PEACE AND FREEDOM THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, TOO!! AS LONG AS WE'RE TOASTING...
WE WATCH THE BALL GO DOWN IN NEW YORK'S TIMES SQUARE (IN THE COMFORT OF OUR HOME) AND THEN KISS AND HUG EVERYONE WE CAN REACH -- AS THE CLOCK STRIKES MIDNIGHT (IN OUR WORLD). I'M SURE YOU HAD A PRIVATE CONVERSATION W/NIKKI AT 12:00 AND SHE WAS WITH YOU...
IT NEVER FAILS TO FASCINATE ME AS I WATCH THE NEW YEAR BEING CELEBRATED IN THE MIDDLE OF MY DAY -- HAVING ALREADY OCCURED IN NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA, AND OTHER PLACES ON THIS VERY SAME PLANET, THAT ARE ON DIFFERENT TIME ZONES. IT MYSTIFIES ME... LIFE IS A MIRACLE! SACRED AND FULL OF REASONS TO CELEBRATE, EVEN AS WE MOURN...
Andi 
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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...
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