Sooner than Later

I saw my plastic surgeon a week ago. This was the first time I met him and he was really nice. He looked at my skin that is being radiated and he said that it looks really good. I have an appointment with him on Sept 30 to see how I am healing. I will be on chemo at that point. He said that it is up to my oncologist if I can have reconstruction during chemo. Knowing that this chemo will wipe out my white blood cells I pretty much knew that she would say no. I was right!! So hopefully by Jan/Feb I will be able to have my reconstruction. That is a whole 6 months sooner than I thought!!!! I am so excited!!

I had my 2nd herceptin treatment on Thurs. I ended up sitting beside an older woman who also has HER2 positive breast cancer. It was nice talking to someone traveling the same road I am. The funny thing is that she has a vacation home in NH and actually knew where Colebrook was!!!

They did the treatment over an hour instead of 1 1/2hrs and I felt more nauseaous when I got home than I did the last time. I am going to ask if they can slow it down again the next time. I have also not been able to sleep. My radiation oncologist gave me a prescription for ambien but it isn't helping a whole lot. When I spoke to my dr. today she said that the chemo could have effected the sleep section of my brain. Chemo brain is the worst!!

Today was treatment #14 of 33 and we just keep marching on. God is carrying me through these hard days and giving me the strength to do what is needed and being able to enjoy my children!