There have been so many changes in these past few weeks that it's hard to remember all of them. One thing that hasn't changed is the lobular breast cancer numbers continue to go down. Yay! Praise God! Ben and I met with Dr. M two weeks ago to go over my counts, talk more extensively about the PET scan results and any new issues I may be having. He was smiling as he said that the numbers … [Read more...]
Cancer Journey- Part 9
Where did July go?! Oh, yes, it went to unpacking, yard work, and some fun stuff, too. I mentioned in Part 8 that I met my new doctor and that I would tell you about that in this post. If you would like to read Part 8, click here. If you would like to read from the beginning, click here. The New Doc July 5th Ben and I got an early start and made the two-and-a-half-hour drive from his … [Read more...]
Cancer Journey – Part 7
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. Lewis At 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 … [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 Doctor Last 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 … [Read more...]
Cancer Journey- Part 4
If you would like to read Part 3, click here. The Diagnosis April 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 … [Read more...]