From Dawn to Dusk... the journal |
Thursday, March 7, 2002 * one doctor down... Today I started my 6 month "doctors round-robin" which means that I see all the "regulars", one a week for the next 3 weeks. For a while it was every 3 months, but my Oncologist gave me the option of 3 or 6. Guess which I picked? Anyway, today was the first. Exam went OK, tests results will take a few days. All in all, she said that I seemed fine. We talked about my diet. She said that she didn't want me getting thin, that at my age, a few extra pounds are usually a good thing, especially for bone density(?). Is sending me for a bone density test... (Did ask me if I still didn't want to take the Tamoxifen. I said no, I still didn't want to take it.) Next week it's the Specialist. He'll do an exam and we'll talk, then he'll decide whether to do Sonograms, Cat Scans, MRI's, Chest X-rays, etc. We will do the Mammogram and I will ask him about that new Full Body MRI. My list of questions are ready for him. The answers I probably already know: "Results of Radiation..." If this is true, then that is good news. If it's not the result of Radiation... then I don't know. Then last, but not least, it'll be the Oncologist (the vampire - this one always wants blood). It'll be bloodwork, exam, and talk. I will reiterate my questions to him and hopefully he will give me my bill of health for the next 6 months. Such goes my month... ending in Easter where I get to see my sweet baby again! Thanks for reading... Rian |
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