Final decision!

About 5:30 last night the phone rang.  It was the radiation oncologist.  I had seen her once prior to my surgery and liked how much time she spent with me at that time.  I was surprised she was calling me and not having her nurse set up an appointment!  Seriously she was loosing out on a $200 visit!  She wanted to know all about how things were going.  We chatted for about 10 minutes when I finally said I really needed to hear what SHE had to say.  Her words were, "YOU DO NOT NEED RADIATION."  I immediately said a prayer of thanksgiving to God.  She said the margins were widely clean.  And if there is a recurrence in the breast area we still have the radiation in our back pocket.  You cannot radiate an area twice.  Final decision!  I did a happy dance after that phone call.

After being the energized bunny for the last 48 hours my battery is wearing down.  The steroids get me going on Monday evenings and last until about 10 on Wednesday evening.  I then began my downward spiral.  I slept well last night and am having a hard time getting moving today.  The side effects with this chemo seem to come and go.  There's the fatigue, some bone pain, metallic taste in my mouth and the blimp effect from the steroids.  Overall it is tolerable.  I am just learning how to deal with it and get through the next couple of months.  The biggest challenge is that the steroids play havoc with my arms and chest area.  They feel so heavy and full.  I wear my compression sleeves off and on which are a pain!  This too shall pass.

I probably won't post anything until after the race on Sunday.  If I can figure out how to post a pic on the blog I will post the team picture.

Have a good rest of the week.