Well I had my first post chemo appointment last Friday.  My red count is pretty good but my white count is still below normal.  The doctor gave me another antibiotic since I still have a lingering sinus infection.  I have to take this medicine for two weeks (by the time I am done with this med, I will have been on an antibiotic for 29 days) so I am thinking the antibiotic ought to knock whatever I have.  I was a little swollen so the doc ordered additional lab and a urine test be done.  He didn’t think it was anything but wanted to be sure.  Chemo zaps the body so I had a bone density test done.  The results were that I was below normal but not bad and he would check it again later.

I was put on the anti-prevention drug, Tamoxifen.  It is a daily pill that I will take until August when I will be put on another drug.  Tamoxifen has a few side effects (blood clots, uterine cancer and hot flashes).  The doctor told me this daily drug regimen is just as important as my chemo treatments were.  I guess he wanted to stress the importance of taking Tamoxifen….I have approached my cancer experience with aggressiveness and being pro-active (removing both breasts) so I don’t plan to miss any daily pill.

I found out today that my lab work and urine test were normal….so I guess I am normal (although I don’t quite feel normal).  I know…I know… it has only been a month since my chemo treatments have ended but I am

on my way back!

Love, Lori