Last week was very emotional. On top of waiting for my biopsy results, we took Doran to college. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Just like being empty nesters will be a new normal, so will scares like this, I think. It\u2019s impossible to memorize how my breasts feel today; in a couple of weeks, I won\u2019t remember if all the bumps are the same. And scar tissue can change. The PA at my regular three month appointment yesterday said I can massage my breast to kind of break up and soften the scar tissue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I asked if I could take a couple of natural supplements for my hot flashes because they\u2019re so bad. One of them should be avoided for people who are hormone receptor positive. Even though my estrogen level was low (I think she said 2 out of 300) for my cancer, it might still be too risky. I\u2019ll start by taking Vitamin E, and if that doesn\u2019t work, there\u2019s a supplement I can try (though when I asked if it was effective, Dr. Brufsky said no). If that fails, there\u2019s a medication – but I\u2019d like to avoid that! I\u2019d probably just live with it at that point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I also asked about my risk of lymphedema. One of my cousins got it five years after her treatment. There\u2019s a doctor in the practice who\u2019s a lymphedema specialist, so I\u2019ll make an appointment for peace of mind. There are tests he does (beyond the visual) that can determine the risk and help with recommendations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr. Brufsky said I look good and added, \u201cI\u2019d be very surprised if this comes back.\u201d From his lips to God\u2019s ears!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Last week was very emotional. On top of waiting for my biopsy results, we took Doran to college. Just like being empty nesters will be a new normal, so will scares like this, I think. It\u2019s impossible to memorize how my breasts feel today; in a couple of weeks, I won\u2019t remember if all the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inmyhead.com\/wordpress\/fcancer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inmyhead.com\/wordpress\/fcancer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inmyhead.com\/wordpress\/fcancer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inmyhead.com\/wordpress\/fcancer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inmyhead.com\/wordpress\/fcancer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=444"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/inmyhead.com\/wordpress\/fcancer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":447,"href":"https:\/\/inmyhead.com\/wordpress\/fcancer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444\/revisions\/447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inmyhead.com\/wordpress\/fcancer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inmyhead.com\/wordpress\/fcancer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inmyhead.com\/wordpress\/fcancer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}