Today I
went to see the OB Oncologist, Dr. Dodson. We waited awhile before we
got in, he had an emergency he was trying to work in. He said I only
needed to be seen every (4) months for the next (2) years by either
him or the chemo doctor (Dr. Prystas). When I came in I would have a
physical exam and take blood to check the cancer marker CA-125. We
want my levels to be below 35. He said everything looked good. I
asked him about the lesion on my adrenal gland (that they found on my
CT scan) even though it was small (2mm). He said he wanted me to go
see a general surgeon and let him decide what to do about it. So I
have an appointment next week to see doctor Heidi Jackson. Hopefully
it's nothing. He said I don't have to do my immunizations again ,
just the yearly flu shot. I told him about the pain I've been having
on my left side and that we got a CT scan (which looked ok) and tried
some medications for my bowel to see if that would help the pain. He
thought it might be scar tissue and that would just go away with
time. A good thing he said is it's not cancer because cancer doesn't
hurt. You learn something new everyday. I also still have the
fatigue. We asked the doctor how long it would take for the fatigue
to go away and said at least 6 months to a year. Aghhh! Each day I
can do a little bit more before the fatigue sets in then I'm done.
Sometimes it takes me the whole next day to recover. We also asked
him how long before I could do surgery on my foot. He said a minimum
of 3-6 months after I stopped the chemo. So the earliest I could do
the surgery would be the end of March first of April. I guess I will
just have to wear the boot until then. I still have chemo brain and
it really bugs me. I'll go back and read things I've written and it
doesn't make sense. I guess I'm going to have to do some brain games
or exercises to see if that will help.
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