It looks like we’re going to keep going with the Herceptin!  Three weeks ago I met with my doctor and expressed my concerns with the damage that is happening to my heart so we decided to take a look at my heart before I got anymore Herceptin.  So take I arrived at the UofM at 7:30 to get my blood drawn.  Oh, that reminds me, my blood counts look excellent!  Everything is back in the normal range!!!!  I met with my doctor’s assistant for a little while and then I had an echo-cardiogram done so we could get the results right away.  I met with my doctor a couple of hours later and she let me know that my heart is holding steady at 52%.  Also, somehow she got me some wrong information and my heart function hasn’t dropped as bad as we thought.  My baseline is 65% and not 75%.  I was bummed to hear my heart wasn’t working at 75% when I was healthy but I’m glad to hear that my heart hasn’t been dammaged as much as I thought.  Kind of bitter-sweet I guess.

Over-all I really feel great.  I’m not as strong as I was but I plan to start getting outside more, pushing the kids in the stroller or pulling them in a wagon or whatever to help get me back in shape.  I’m also trying to eat a little better.  Seriously, I need to shed some of these pounds that chemo put on me!  I’m a little tired too but I feel I’m entitled to be tired.  I’m a working mom of two toddlers!  I wish I could stay awake longer after they go to bed just so I could get more stuff done but most nights I’m in bed not long after they are.

My hair is coming back!  It’s not really long but it’s long enough that I’m not wearing hat or scarves anymore.  It felt kinda weird walking into the cancer center today without something on my head, I’ve only done that 4 times and none of those times have been since July.  It feels good not automatically look like a cancer patient, I’m a survivor!

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