Friday, September 28, 2012

What's been happening.

I had a breast revision on 9/18/12.  My new foobs are beautiful!  They are exactly what I wanted.  My plastic surgeon is a genius!
I finally saw my oncologist and gave him a list of symptoms I have been having and from that and seeing my plastic surgeon I had a CT scan and am scheduled for a brain scan next week.  My CT scan came back OK but with "mild cardiomegaly".  After looking this up I am convinced that this OR hyperthyroidism could be my problem.
Anyway Dr. Huffman, my oncologist, raised my anti-depressant from 10mg to 20mg in hopes that it will improve my mood.  We'll see.  He also listened to me and told me why this time has been so much harder on me than last time.  He reminded me that so many women get BC that the first time I was "part of the crowd" or "one of the many".  But this time....recurrence is NOT the norm....it doesn't happen to all the women and it means that I will have to look over my shoulder for the rest of my life.  Kinda put it into perspective for me.  If this is gonna be the new normal then maybe I can live with it.  Hmmm?
So due to the daily headaches and the vertigo he is getting me a brain MRI.  I've never had one of those.  Do you think they will at the very least find a brain?
Will report back to the class later.

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