Thursday, October 29, 2009

Good bye Dr. A.

I went to Saskatoon yesterday for what was to be my last appointment with Dr. A before he moves to Arkansas - where the winters are warmer ;o( Unfortunately he was sick so I had to see another doctor. This other doctor was okay but he didn’t take as much time to answer my questions and I felt kind of rushed to ask everything. (Dr A is going to be a tough act to follow and I am going to miss him!) He did recommend that I get the H1N1 vaccine and that the risks from getting the virus outweigh any risks from the vaccine. I don’t have to go back to see (whoever I get now) for 9 weeks. So far my heart scans have all been good but I will get another one in Dec. I got another 6 month supply of Tamoxifen which they give me free of charge.

I asked him if the tingly tongue is from the Tamoxifen or the Herceptin. He said neither. It is still from the Taxotere. So after 4 months the Taxotere is still rearing it's ugly head!

I noticed the other day that my toe nails are also starting to come off. (which is also a carry over from the Taxotere) I am hoping that it will be more like my ring and pinky fingers were. Since you don’t use them much, they grew out enough that I could just peel the old one off and it didn’t hurt at all!

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