We had a “final” meet with the Hemo Oncologist this afternoon and got the pass off to the Radiation Oncology side of the building. Final is in quotes because there is a continuing relationship between Donna and Dr. Ergul because there will be quarterly blood testing for a year to be sure nothing pops up, then semi annually for the following 4 years while she is taking the hormone preventative medicine, Tamoxifen (AKA, Phase Three.)
First meeting with the radiation doc will be next Thursday which I guess he will outline Phase Two of Donna’s treatment, six weeks of 5 days a week of microwaving breast tissue. I’m sure there will be pretreatment tests of some sort before that can begin. As it is they won’t start treatments until at least 4 weeks after cessation of the chemo and this Friday will only be 2 weeks.
All in all for just 12 days post chemo Donna is doing pretty well. No more nausea, but she has some mouth sores that are limiting what tastes good. Her energy level is pretty good and she is wanting to start back working eight hour days, I talked her into waiting until next week before trying that.
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Good luck.
My mom is undergoing chemeo treatment for breast cancer right now. Hopefully they will get better.
I have every confidence in the world that Donna will be fine. Hers was caught early., thank heavens she believes in a yearly mammogram. Even though survival rates are extremely high with just the lumpectomy and radiation, the chemo was like adding a pair of suspenders to that belt.