Episode 16 - A Day in the Life with Metastatic Breast Cancer Happy summer! It has been a minute since I’ve posted, and I thought I’d check in, and let you know what’s going on these days. A lot has changed, but some things remain the same - just life, I guess! Let me tell you what changes I have embraced for 2025. In late December of last year, I was thrilled to find my cancer so stable as to be virtually undetectable, with the original tumor having shrunk to nearly nothing, and no new lesions, or activity with any of the others. As I approached the 4 year mark since getting the dreaded diagnosis, this was surprising, and delightful news, indeed. Not only were the scan and blood test results great, but I had also begun to feel stronger, less fragile, and more physically resilient. I knocked wood, and embraced the notion I might b...
Popular posts from this blog
Episode 15 - A Day in the Life with Metastatic Breast Cancer Hello again! I hope you all survived this crazy winter, and your spring is off to a great beginning. I’m still here, and after the lovely health report I got at the New Year, hoping to remain so for the foreseeable future. While I’m enthusiastic and hopeful, I know I must remain present for the day to day stuff. The dumb, boring, but essential day to day stuff that I must do - and what all of us with this diagnosis must do - to stay strong, stay hydrated, and stay on top of the meds, procedures, and treatments designed to keep the cancer at bay. I am also concentrating on staying aware of new information, as well as on being a strong advocate for myself. This is the direction I will be taking today, and I hope you will benefit from what I’ve just recently learned and experienced. For the last four year...
A Day in the Life with Metastatic Breast Cancer - Episode 14 Hello, hello and Happy New Year! I hope all you listening have had a splendid holiday season - I have! Not only have I enjoyed family and friends for both Christmas Eve, and the first night of Chanukah, but I also received from the gods of health an unexpected holiday gift. Last year at this time, I was busy jumping through hoops at the Cancer Institute getting a myriad of scans, blood tests, and doctor’s visits to determine whether it was time to surgically remove the original tumor in my right breast. Well, as I reported then, after all that sturm und drang, it was determined I should hang tight, and revisit the issue in a year. So! Here it is a year later and ANOTHER round of tests and visits was required. Just two weeks ago I had a breast MRI; ultrasound; 2 manual exams; two blood tests; a CT scan; and a full body scan. After all the results came in, I had a consult with both my oncologist, and surge...
Comments
Post a Comment