If you would like read Part 6 click here, or to start at the beginning, click here."God, who foresaw your tribulation, has specially armed you to go through it, not without pain but without stain." - C.S. LewisAt the end of Part 6 I was waiting for Dr. B to let me know whether or not my blood levels were recovering from the Ribociclib. While we waited, we had a very cute visitor stay over at the … [Read more...]
Cancer Journey – Part 6
If you would like to read part 5 click here. If you would like to start at the beginning, please click here.Eye DoctorLast time I saw Dr. B I mentioned the weird vision issue that I started having. He put in a referral for me to be seen by an eye doctor to make sure that there was nothing physically going on with my eyes. In my amazement two days later I got a call from Dr. F's office to make … [Read more...]
Cancer Journey – Part 5
If you would like to read part 4, click here.Brain MRI ResultsI am on my patient portal to view all my records probably more often than what is necessary. I keep looking for any new piece of information or report. April 18th is when my brain MRI results finally came in. Everything was normal with no issues except one thing, a 9 mm pineal cyst sitting all cozy in the middle of my brain. You … [Read more...]
Cancer Journey- Part 4
If you would like to read Part 3, click here.The DiagnosisApril 6th came and even though I had read the words, "metastatic breast carcinoma" myself I still had hopes that it wasn't as bad as it sounded. We went to meet the GI doc, Dr. M, and just after greeting us in his office the Hematology/Oncology doc, Dr. B, joined in. That's when I got out of my normally optimistic state and realized this … [Read more...]
Cancer Journey- Part 3
If you would like to read parts 1 or 2 just click on the one you would like: Part 1, Part 2I left off from part 2 with appointments finally in order. New AppointmentsOne day my phone rang. It was a doctor from the Hematology clinic on post offering me an appointment. I told him I had already made an appointment off post. He asked why, so I told him about the October 18th offering. He was … [Read more...]