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Oh My Soul...

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  It’s been a while since I posted. I’ve been thru some 6 month checkups and all is well. I've had to change the medication I take that keeps my body from making estrogen. I have to take it because the type of cancer I had fed off of estrogen. But the medications are very hard to tolerate and I got to a point I couldn't take the pain any longer. So, they changed me to Tamoxifen. I haven't had any horrible side effects from it which is wonderful. My hair is thinner and I can't lose weight, but it is worth it in the end. At the next 6 month appointment I will have reached 5 yrs & the appointments will move to yearly. I’m a little freaked out by that to be honest. I’ve been told over & over by many doctors that I might feel the opposite of how you’d expect when I reach that big mile marker on this journey. I didn’t believe them. But they were right. I've fought with anxiety and a bit of depression for years and I can feel it's slippery, slimy self seeping b...