Hi Team,
I had a really long day yesterday and was super tired so didn't have the time/energy to post. So yesterday in short was me trying to find out more information about taking short term leave at work and how to make that work (good news is it looks like I'm pretty well covered although may still have to take some state disability at 50%, we'll see how it goes).
Then I got to make a split second decision about my fertility. Apparently if I have any akylating agents in my chemo, which I'm not sure about yet, my chance of going through early menopause is 70-80%. So I decided to do what their best option for minimizing that risk is - take monthly shots of Lupron, a drug that temporarily makes your ovaries go to sleep and stop producing estrogen. The way chemo works, the chemicals attack all rapidly dividing cells, which are cancer cells, but also include blood cells (red and white), hair follicles (thus why the hair falls out), lining of your gastrointestinal tract (thus the nausea and digestive trouble) and of course, the ovaries. This drug puts the ovaries to sleep, no longer making them rapidly dividing, which means they are less likely to be affected by the chemo. The bad side is that I will be going through all the side effects of menopause while also dealing with the side effects of chemo. YAY!!! And yes my boyfriend has been warned... although I'm sure he could always use a beer.
After deciding that, I rushed to get the shot them came late to my chemo prep class where they thoroughly review all details of every side effect I might get and when to freak out and when not to freak out. It was quite overwhelming.
But, at the end of the day, I got to get my hair colored by the lovely Kathleen at the strand - I let her experiment a bit since why not? My hair is going to fall out anyway! Although I have to say I really do love it, maybe I'll do it again in the future at some point.
Today was my last full day of work before my chemo starts so really just tried to get somewhat organized. And, Mom came in today!! Yay!! As I'm writing this, she's entertaining my two cute kitties with a hair-tie (see the pic). Endless hours of fun. And of course we're having a wonderful glass of wine.
Tomorrow morning first thing I have the MRI that will help determine the stage (tumor size and if there are lymph nodes involved) and then at 1:30 big prep meeting with the oncologist. My wonderful boyfriend Anthony is flying in from long beach in the morning, coming to my appointment at 1:30 then flying back down that night since he has to work on Sat morning. I am so lucky to have such wonderful support and love. Thank you to all of you!!! You keep me going and keep me positive.
Much love,
Amy
Wow! I love the new color! Good luck today :) ~Jen
ReplyDeletei love the hair too! much love!
ReplyDeletelove, love, love the hair!
ReplyDeletedad says: I'm sorry I couldn't be there. I'm really sorry I can't go wine tasting with you tomorrow. :) The hair looks great and I'm sure Lynn is happy to be petting your kitties. I love you honeys
ReplyDeleteAmy, you're a fly gal, you get your hair did.
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