Time Keeps on Slippin’ Into the Future
So here it is! I am one year “out” of acute breast cancer treatment. September 19th, 2011 marks my final radiation appointment. The big stuff is now a year behind me and I could even volunteer at the hospital now if I want to (apparently they won’t let you volunteer unless you are a year or more out of treatment). I have just over 4 years left on Tamoxifen. I am not sure if they calculate everything based on how long...
A Woman Needs Her Hobbies
I have been thinking a lot lately about where I focus my energy. Work is always a main focus, but beyond work a woman needs her hobbies. Hobbies change with interest, age and ability. Once upon a time I was an avid rock climber and I spent 5+ days a week working my way up some vertical (and sometimes horizontal) rock faces. The love of my life (aka Mike) turned out to not be a huge fan of heights, and in turn rock climbing (although...
Finding the Silver Lining
Get ready for me to kill a euphemism and talk about my uterus. I shudder whenever a doctor tells me they are going to biopsy something. Apparently anytime one part of my body or another decides that it doesn’t want to work I get a hollow needle or a punch tool pulling at my wee bits. I was actually a bit surprised today when the OBGYN opted to go ahead and biopsy my endometrial lining. I am actually not a ball of nerves about...
Gucci or Armani?
Yesterday I went in for my quarterly, not-coming-with-bumps-or-back-pain check up. I came in with nothing more exciting than the fact that I have been having some strange dizzy spells off and on for the last month. I am thinking I need to get my blood sugar levels checked since I had a reaction to Metformin (a diabetes medication) that was being used in a study on helping decrease cancer recurrence. I forget how much fun the nurses...
It Ain’t Easy Being Cheesy
Amazing how much time passes and I realize that it has been a bit since I updated the blog. I am consumed with work and life and summer. My last post was surgery advice, so I didn’t really update on our lives. My previous promises to myself to work out everyday were overcome with promises of the snooze button and a few more winks of sleep. My determination to exercise was replaced with comfy sheets and lazy mornings. This week I...