I had my follow-up appointment with Dr. Kuhn, my radiation oncologist last week. My skin looks great, and I'm cleared to start getting mammograms. I thought maybe I wouldn't see Dr. Kuhn again after this, but actually she is the one who will manage my mammograms and after each mammo I get to have a breast exam with her. Sounds fun! I'll have my first mammo and exam since all this started in October. (My first ever mammogram was on Halloween last year.) In April I'll have another mammogram just on the right side and also a breast MRI.
I'm still wishing and hoping that acupuncture will get my body back in "balance" so I don't have hot flashes all the time. As mentioned, I've been keeping track andI still feel like I'm having a lot. It had been a bit better... as in having 6-8 instead of 8-10 per day (day only... I always have one or two at night it seems and I don't bother counting them). Then yesterday I had like 12! I have acupuncture today. We'll see how the rest of this week goes. I have an appointment set up for next week, too, but I think if it still seems plateaued I'm going to give up and just suffer through them. I know it takes time, but I feel like I've been pretty patient... it's been 2 months of going every week, except when we were on vacation I missed a week.
I've decided to blame Tamoxifen for my irritability, roller coaster of emotions, and lack of patience with my children, husband, and the world in general.
My hair has been growing! Now I'm just a regular chick with really short hair rather than a shaved head/cancer person. I'd become pretty good at shaving my own head, but I'll leave the actual cutting to a professional. My neighbor who is a stylist said she could clean it up and make it look like an actual cute pixie cut tonight!
