Women in Charge

This is from NY Post

admin — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 21:03:05 +0000

I think this is very important and as a person who took this drug for more than two years I’m very disappointed with FDA’s decision

Long Island mom-of-three Betsy Swerksy says she wouldn’t be here right now if it wasn’t for Avastin — and that the Food and Drug Administration’s recommendation that use of the drug be discontinued could be a death sentence for her.

“It’s lifesaving,” the 51-year-old Merrick homemaker said of Avastin, which was prescribed to her two years ago. “And I want my oncologist to be able to say that if I still need this drug, I should be able to get it.”

First diagnosed with breast cancer in December 2005, Swersky had a recurrence in 2008, at which point her doctor prescribed Avastin.

“I’m doing well on it,” she said. “It has helped me tremendously — it’s had minimal side effects.”

The FDA on Thursday moved to revoke its approval of the cancer-fighting drug, stating the benefits do not outweigh the risks, including holes in the stomach and intestines, bleeding and blood clotting.

But women told The Post yesterday that without the drug they felt their days were numbered.

“I was diagnosed with cancer three times in four years,” said Oceanside, LI, patient Serap Yildirim.

“If I was diagnosed again, we don’t know if different treatments would work. I might get worse or die.”

Yildirim, a volunteer with the Adelphi breast cancer hot line, was started on Avastin in November 2007, when her breast cancer metastasized to her skin. After more than two years on the drug, “the tumors disappeared.”

Avastin patient Shannon Martin of Charlotte, NC, told The Post Avastin “is what’s keeping me alive.”

“They gave me 12 to 24 months to live,” she said. “I’m on my 32nd month. Chemotherapy will put the cancer into remission, but I felt that Avastin has kept it there.”

Martin, 53, said she hoped an appeal will stop the FDA from moving forward with its recommendation.

Marcia Gilbert, 56, also of Charlotte, said she’s been taking Avastin for over a year for her Stage 4 breast cancer, but with the FDA recommendation: “I feel as though my life has just been shortened.”

Drugmaker Roche has asked for another public hearing, during which it can make a last-ditch pitch in support of the drug, the Financial Times reported yesterday.

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Are you ready for Black Friday?

admin — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 23:12:38 +0000

It’s almost here; Christmas Shopping…

It’s starts this week, right after Thanksgiving and it starts early as you know…

I’ve never ever woke up early to go shopping and do not plan to do so… Usually I shop online or if I have time I go on regular hours.

This year I’m planning to give everyone the products that I started selling; Forever.

I think everyone can use the benefits of Aloe Vera. I’m personally using the night cream, eye cream, shampoo and conditioner, fish oil and royal jelly. I think about using the hand cream and msm cream for joints. Last week one of my friends’ friend started using and can’t stop talking about how good it was and how it stopped the pain on his joints. I’m also planning to give this MSM cream to my mom and I’m not gonna wait till Christmas.

Anyone wants anything?

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My first sale!

admin — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 16:07:42 +0000

After I became a distributor for Forever products I made my first sale and placed the order, it’s arriving tomorrow.

I’m so happy; I know it doesn’t mean anything yet but maybe if I keep up with this it might turn out to be a good thing for me…

And being a little shopaholic I went to Office Max and bought myself an organizer; placed my calculator, sales order booklet, business cards and catalogs. It feels like an actual work right now…

I hope this goes on a long time…

Will let you know

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I’m new to this!

admin — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 04:12:20 +0000

I was looking for a way to make some extra bucks; simple yet effective and easy to do it in your own home. So when one of my husband’s cousins shared his story -may I say “succes story”- with us I decided to give it a try… Now we’ll put this into a test and see if MLM (Multi level marketing) can really help you make some money. I’ll share my journey with you… Incase you want to give it a try you can checkout my site listed below and on the right block on top…

The name of the business is Forever Living and as of Thursday I’m one their distributors..

This company has been around for 30 years and their products are not being sold in stores, they’re being sold by people like you and me… There are many companies like this; Avon, Amway, Rainbow… It seems kind of hard for me to do sales since I don’t think I’m good at selling products even though I never tried it before.

The good thing about this is that the products are Made in USA so they’re quality products and the company produces everything themselves and they’re natural. They’re one of the largest aloe producers in the world and they’re the only company that made the royal jelly into a pill form. Like these they have many supplements that you can use to boost your immune system, maintain your weight or for cardio and prostate health. They also have beauty and personal care products. The people who use the products are extremely happy and the prices are reasonable.

I bought some products myself and will try them out first and see if it’s true.

I guess by next week I may have something to say about them, until then… take care…

http://myflpbiz.com/esuite/home/mothernature

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SO SORRY!

admin — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 23:38:25 +0000

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I’m so sorry that I’ve not been writing anything for more than 2 months… I’v been very very very busy. First we went on vacation for 3 weeks and then we’ve been renovating the house and since no contractor wanted the job (we saw 7+ contractors) we decided to do the job ourselves and it took a lot of time and humanpower to do the work I couldn’t write anything… We’re still not done but today I decided to give a little update on myself;

First of all I stopped dieting two months ago; yes I’m only midway to my goal but with everything I’ve been doing it’s been so hard to keep up with it. But the good thing is I now know how to eat and what to eat I maintain the weight that I lost… 37 pounds is not so bad afterall.

Schools started so we’ve been kind of trying to adapt to this, so far it’s good.

I’ve been hiding something which is we have a dog now… She’s a goldendoodle and she’s 7 months, we got her when she was 2 1/2 months old. She’s our first dog so it’s been kind of hard to train her but we’re getting somewhere.

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