sorry i didn't get on earlier in the week... i got my 11th chemo on wednesday! yay! only one more to go :)
i met with my oncologist this week before treatment. we talked about my "after care" program. basically, i will see him every 3 months for the first couple of years. they will do blood work at each appt. if i have any concerns, pain, lumps, or bumps at any time, he'll address those. i'll have some post-chemo "baseline" scans done in december. at that point they'll be looking at the nodules i've had in my lungs all along (that they are *not* concerned about, at all, unless they would change), and the "weird" spots in my bone marrow they were looking at in june. they aren't anticipating any problems with any of this stuff, just want to keep an eye on my insides :)
i see dr. h again on monday (plastic surgeon). my onc says that as far as *he's* concerned i can have my next surgery 3-4 weeks after chemo. that would put it right before xmas, which does not sound like a good time to me. but i am hoping to try and get something scheduled in january. we'll see how that goes :)
as for how i'm doing, well, i'm tired. really, really tired. all the time. my oncologist and his staff insist that this is normal, and that i should rest. so i'm trying. it should all start getting better soon, and within a couple months i should be back to "normal". whatever that feels like!
