Saw the radiation specialist today and she's very happy with me, says my skin looks great and that you can hardly tell I've had anything done, she'll see me in a year and I'm now under Oncology care only.
In and out including examination in 12 minutes. I'm so rocking these appointments now.
Here's a sample of some of the medical discussions I've had
Medical speak
The Dr would like you to come in to discuss your result
It's not going to be good
There's an area of concern
I'm about to give you bad news
I don't recall any of my other patients driving themselves to their lymphoscintography
Are you kidding me! What were you thinking, don't do that again.
I don't want you to be too concerned but...
Don't freak out on me
It's not usual
You're a freak
We'll give it another go
OMG I'm freaking out
How do you feel about that?
Please don't freak out
I'm very pleased and have no concerns
Yes - doing a happy dance, I love giving good news
Vs Patient speak
Can't you just tell me over the phone?
I know it's not going to be good
I'd rather you just did the biopsy now
I'm a high flight risk when it comes to needles
Why don't "we" just do a mastectomy
I want to be done with this and always wanted perky little "A"s
I'm a little bit anxious about that
Holy cow I'm absolutely freaking out!
The leaflet said you could drive yourself after the lymphoscintography procedure
Dude, don't worry it's fine
Ok - well that's not great, but I guess it could be worse
OMG!, WTF!
Oh that's great - thank you
Whoop, whoop, I could kiss you, probably best not to, maybe I should hug you instead, no that might freak you out, can I do a happy dance now? God I hope I don't start crying, deep breath. Hope I've got wine in the fridge...
Doctor Doctor
Monday, 19 September 2016
Wednesday, 7 September 2016
Wake Me Up When September Ends
I've decided to use songs as post titles and this one sums me up at the moment.
I'm a bit over this cancer thing and just want to get on with my life but bloody cancer keeps interfering.
It would seem my little solo dance party celebrating the end of chemo has created an issue with my knee, plus I have a few spots/rash on my leg.
So I've been to my GP... oh how he laughed when I told him how I injured myself. The rash could be either
A. A drug reaction
B. Dermatitis from god knows what
C. A fungus????
He sent me to Pathlab to get skin scrapings of the rash and I've to go to physio for treatment on the knee.
5 days later and the rash appears to be going and I had my first physio appointment. I've probably aggravated a previous knee ligament tear, he gave me some acupuncture, and I'm to have a few treatments. As I was going he told me that I could walk but no "twist and shout dancing" Yep, he also laughed when I told him the cause. I do like to leave the medical professionals laughing
I am back at work part-time this week, thought I'd be ok but am finding half days are more than enough and that's getting me down. I know that I have a lot to be thankful for, and I need to be patient because I still have another week and a half of my "it will take 3 weeks to recover from radiation" but I am sick of random tiredness.
On the bright side I had an entertaining visit from my friend Kaye at the weekend, it was good to get out, even if it was just to the movies, but what a great one it was - go and see Poi E: The story of our song
Eating KFC and drinking G&Ts also helped, and laughing about me trying to get a
urine sample from my cat. Mission accomplished and Molly's way better
I'm a bit over this cancer thing and just want to get on with my life but bloody cancer keeps interfering.
It would seem my little solo dance party celebrating the end of chemo has created an issue with my knee, plus I have a few spots/rash on my leg.
So I've been to my GP... oh how he laughed when I told him how I injured myself. The rash could be either
A. A drug reaction
B. Dermatitis from god knows what
C. A fungus????
He sent me to Pathlab to get skin scrapings of the rash and I've to go to physio for treatment on the knee.
5 days later and the rash appears to be going and I had my first physio appointment. I've probably aggravated a previous knee ligament tear, he gave me some acupuncture, and I'm to have a few treatments. As I was going he told me that I could walk but no "twist and shout dancing" Yep, he also laughed when I told him the cause. I do like to leave the medical professionals laughing
I am back at work part-time this week, thought I'd be ok but am finding half days are more than enough and that's getting me down. I know that I have a lot to be thankful for, and I need to be patient because I still have another week and a half of my "it will take 3 weeks to recover from radiation" but I am sick of random tiredness.
On the bright side I had an entertaining visit from my friend Kaye at the weekend, it was good to get out, even if it was just to the movies, but what a great one it was - go and see Poi E: The story of our song
Eating KFC and drinking G&Ts also helped, and laughing about me trying to get a
urine sample from my cat. Mission accomplished and Molly's way better
