REALLY!?!

What a week!  One more day, the biggest day.  This week was a full week of school- work days and meetings.  I've actually felt pretty ready and relaxed with it all, but a little distracted.

Monday we celebrated Mom's 70th Birthday with Casey's pizza and ice cream cake...she knows how to party.  I made her Shutterfly books from our trip, and I was so excited to gift them!

This week I had a hysterectomy consult.  I really liked Dr. Masse, I learned about the procedure and recovery.  Now I have to decide if I want to get on the schedule.  She suggested, if I had a time in mind, to schedule it and cancel if I changed my mind.  In my head I would like to do this the Monday before Thanksgiving,  so I'd need lesson plans for 3.5 weeks instead of 6.  Perhaps the highlight of this visit....I GOT TO KEEP MY CLOTHES ON!

I also had a baseline bone density scan.  Because the new medication I'm on will shut down my ovaries and the anastrozole that I add tomorrow will take the rest of the estrogen from my body, one of the risks is osteoporosis, so they wanted a baseline scan.  I kept my clothes on for that, too!  WOOHOO!

In a cruel twist of events, I got my period on Tuesday and it's like nothing I remember.  

I thought the "perk" of the Lupron meant that would be gone!  It's definitely different...BAD different.  I don't remember cramps like this.  Advil isn't touching them.  It's just making me feel really icky.  (And still I know I am very lucky compared to some of my friend's plights.) COME ON!  It's definitely made me think about getting on Dr. Masse's hysterectomy schedule!

 


Last night was Open House.  It was almost like we never left, but also a little strange since I didn't finish the year.  It was fun to see Nolan do his thing, too!  He's looking forward to 8th grade and memorized his schedule.

I was able to visit with a friend who received a recent breast cancer diagnosis.  It was such a wonderful chat that could have been so much longer, I just hate that this is a part of anyone's story!  Then therapy.  I was planning to row tonight, but between my lady bits hating me, therapy, and cancer commiserating, a dog walk on my favorite city/prairie trail won.  The cicadas, birds and wind were definitely more my vibe for today, Ally appreciated it, too.


I saw this black swallowtail on my walk.  It made me think of the butterflies on my classroom wall and the Jimmy Buffet lyrics they surround "Breathe In.  Breathe Out. Move On."  Some days are easier than others.  Onward to year 21! 

And my first anastrozole tomorrow...on the first day of school.  REALLY!?

Popular posts from this blog

It Takes a VILLIAGE

 I just sent this email to 120 EDUCATORS.   With the subject title It Takes a Villiage.  VILLIAGE.  I. AM. MORTIFIED.  Parent Square says it updated, but you KNOW they all saw it!  For the LOVE! Hi All, This is a crummy email to write, but I wanted everyone to have the same information at the same time.  I’ve always been a pretty open book, and that’s not about to change…. Wednesday afternoon I received a Breast Cancer diagnosis.  (Mammogram August 29, Mammogram March 29, Biopsy April 8, Diagnosis April 10)  Luckily I was able to meet with a surgeon today.  Here’s what we know now:  I have Invasive Ductal Carcinoma, Stage 1, Nottingham grade 1, Estrogen and Progesterone: Positive, HER2: Equivical.  I don’t know what all of these things mean, but maybe you do….and I’ll learn.   My treatment (as of now) will be an MRI and Genetic testing next week (the first grade concert is going to be JUST fine).  When the tests come back (2 weeks) if the plan is the same, I will have a physical and a
Read more

FAQ 1

 Do you have family history of breast cancer?   No.  I am not aware of any blood relatives who have had breast cancer.  My mom has had 4 Melanomas in situ.  I am having genetic testing because of her melanomas and because I am under 50.  We are hoping for very. boring. test. results. Did they find this during a mammogram, or did you feel a lump? I had my yearly mammogram on August 29.  At that mammogram they saw something irregular and did an ultrasound.  They decided they'd like to look again in 6 months.  Getting things scheduled between Iowa Clinic and Mercy for the follow up was kind-of a nightmare, so 6 months became 7.  On March 29 I had another mammogram and ultra sound.  They weren't sure what they were looking at, but it was still there, so I had the biopsy on April 8.  A stereotactic biopsy, guided by mammogram.  Once I got over the fear, it was pretty fascinating.  THANK YOU SCIENCE! A little back history.  I had a breast biopsy when I was 8 weeks pregnant with Nolan
Read more

The Day Everything Changed

  4/10/24 Remember when we had to have blogs for school?  I thought the world was ending.  I’m lucky to still be employed…and how many people actually read them?  Exactly.  Bottom line….if someone would have told be that I would be blogging by choice I would have laughed in their face.  Mom says CaringBridge is for people who are dying.  I feel like I know a lot of alive people who use(d) Caring Bridge.  But I also want to be able to put things in one place so everyone knows everything and no one has to wonder, so here we are. B.C. Before Christ….did I ever use this term?  Maybe in Western Civilization at Simpson with Joe Walt?  Maybe?  I got a C.  It’s a big maybe. B.C. in 2020 that’s what I started calling the time Before Covid. B.C. as of today, April 10 at 2:55 PM, the moment my life changed.  Before Cancer. How many tears are actually in my body, because I haven’t stopped crying? Trish, the breast navigator at Mercy called and left a message to call her back at 2:30.  I called at
Read more