a long {medical} week

Monday I went to my breast surgeon…and finally got released from her. Glad THAT was done.

Tuesday was my onc. I love him. I hate the drive, but I love him so much. I have decided that I will never wear my fake boobs when I go visit him because he can just pull up my shirt and do his thing and it’s a lot less drama than having to change into a gown. So there’s that. So Tuesday I was wearing a Christian tshirt (in my new size, since everything I own is too big) and he pulled it smooth so he could read what it said then asked where we go to church. I told him Bla Bla Baptist and he said “ah, Baptist, I love Baptist!” in his very thick Columbian accent. I wish I had asked him where HE goes to church. I really feel like he is a fellow Christian as well, but I failed to ask. {my bad} But anyway, the first question he asked me was how the meds he prescribed are doing. And so the first thing I had to tell him was that I wasn’t taking them. This…THIS was the moment that had me worried about my appointment for months. I didn’t take what he wanted me to take and I was dreading telling him so. When I read about the drug he wanted to put me on, it freaked me out, so I stayed on the supplement (natural alterative to tamoxifen) I started taking the first time I saw the integrative doctor (before I saw this onc..so I have been on it a long time now..relatively speaking). So I handed him my original blood work and my newest blood work from integrative dr guy and he was impressed. He asked me what I was taking and googled it and read about it while I sat there watching him, scared silly about what he was thinking or might say. Then he said he wishes the FDA would do clinical trials on things like this and that he can’t tell people to take something like that. But he was happy with my lowered estrone (the ‘bad part’ of estrogen) numbers. He was also very complimentary of everything integrative dr is doing and said he is a ‘good man’. Made me feel good that he is happy with the care I’m getting.

I think both my doctors for this are good men. My integrative doctor was very forward about his own faith at my first visit and he and his nurse prayed over me before I left. THAT’s unusual. So I do feel cared for and that’s a nice feeling. : )

I had blood work and then learned that I would find out the next day if something was amiss. So I guess this is how it will go from here on out..have appointment then wait on pins and needles for the following day to pass. Not fun. : /  But I don’t see my onc again for six months. Woot.

Yesterday I took my girl to the ortho…and our favorite girl, L has taken another job. We didn’t even get to say good-bye to her. It was very sad. The  other girls are sweet, but they’re just not ‘L’. I think I am going to try to find a way to contact her somehow.

And today I went to the dentist for a cleaning..and found out I have two tiny cavities. Bleh. 

And with that, my medical week has come to a close.

Hubs just called and he’s not working tomorrow. So the weekend is starting early…and I couldn’t be more ready. Happy weekend, y’all.