Tag: cancer
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Reality has set in
I’ve been kind of depressed the last few weeks. I don’t know what triggered it. Surgery, the weather, the holidays. I’m sure all the above. When I get like this I either throw myself into work or stay in bed and binge watch TV. I’m not going to lie, I’ve been doing both. Now, I…
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What Next
I’ve been sitting here the last few days trying to figure out what my next steps are. What exactly it is I need to do and what I want to do. I was told at one point to look at this as having a blank slate. So I sit here staring at a blank slate…
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First Day of the Rest of My life
Well…yesterday was my last radiation session. I was doing good emotionally…then I stopped in the Chemo lounge like I usually do to say hi to everyone. And I lost it. Luckily the Social Worker was there. So I asked her if we could talk a bit. Sunday I had a complete mental breakdown. I had…
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No going topless for a year!
My skin seems to be holding up so Monday will be my very last radiation treatment. It also will be the very end of the treatment trilogy. (Chemo, surgery, radiation). Monday I start on my 10-year stint of meds. whoo hoo. I’m excited. But the radiation nurse gave me this information hand-out of how to…
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Preparing for The New Normal
I’ve spent a lot of today doing research on this new medication I’m going to be starting on Monday. Talking to the Doctors, the Pharmacists, reading medical papers. I started reading people’s experiences, but I don’t know how crazy or truthful these testimonies are…I mean, perception is different for everyone. Everyone’s situation is different, and…
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Because I’m Fabulous!
I met with my Medical Oncologist today. I’m going to start on Aromasin (Exemestane) on Monday. I take the Lupron shots every 6 months. This shot shuts my ovaries down so I don’t produce any estrogen. The adrenal glands still produce hormones so the Aromasin will stop this production of estrogen. This should ensure that…
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The Hair – The Journey.
1/31/17 – 8 months since Chemo. Finally got it colored today! No cut though…. 2/28/17. 9 months since Chemo. Hair looks darker than it really is here. Bad lighting! 3/30/17 10 months since Chemo. And 1 year since I got my head shaved! Still haven’t gotten it trimmed or anything…just…
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Bring it.
After 28 full radiation sessions which consisted of the lymph nodes and the entire left chest area, the last 5 are right to the scar and that’s it. So there is a new cut out and new positions for this. The cut out is the shape of my scar and they put it down real…
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The Home Stretch
Tomorrow is the last full dose of radiation treatment. It’s the last one to my lymph nodes. The remaining 5 are boosts to the tumor site. I’ve been very emotional the last week over all this. I mean I’m ecstatic that I’m down to the end. I’m excited about rebuilding myself both physically and mentally.…
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Transition
Still going through good days and bad days. They are a little different than before. Prior treatment was more physical bad days. Now I’m going through more mental bad days. (Physically I’m exhausted and adjusting to a lot of things that have changed.) It’s more of a “what happens next?” panic. This usually happens after…
