Crazy two days - Part One
Wow. Talk about a full on two days! I saw my oncologist yesterday and a fertility specialist today. I have broken them up into two posts though as WAY too much to fit into one.
The Oncologist meeting went better than I was expecting. Think I was SO prepared for it to be absolutly horrible that it was a nice surprise when it wasnt as bad as I was imagining.
My treatment menu starts with
Chemo 'TC' for approx 3 months (one intravenous sitting every 3 weeks for 4 'serves')
Radiotherapy for 6 weeks and Tamoxifen for 2 years.
The first happy surprise for me was that you only have to sit for 2-3 hours each dose of chemo and that they are spaced 3 weeks apart! I was imagining all day hooked up a couple of times a week so very happy to have been so very wrong on that front!
Next was the fact I could do Tamoxifen for 2 years instead of the 5 I had originally been told. This means that by the time this is done and we can try for starting a family I will have just turned 37 instead of 40.
I was also expecting the list of side effects to have been split up diffently. Some side effects I thought would be common were actually listed in the 'uncommon' section so it gives me hope to avoid them (*crosses fingers and toes!)
My oncologist reccomended a book for me which I am going to try buy tomorrow titled: One Piece of Advice.
My wound was checked and my surgeon is happy with how it is healing. I have a small area with 'loss of skin' that is a bit tender still but it will get there eventually.
Yesterday I was happy all good 'on top' of things. Today - the complete opposite.........
