My first appointment was with Dr. S. before getting my Herceptin. He is always so happy to see me and says he'll miss me when he leaves in March. He says I'm looking great after all my treatments and is amazed at how well I've tolerated the treatments. Dr. S. says my prognosis is looking great and he has full confidence that I will keep doing great. My next visit to see him in March will be the last time I get to see him before he leaves for Oregon, so I need to do something special for him. I hope he leaves a forwarding address.
Then I went down for my scheduled Herceptin therapy. I checked the schedule and my last Herceptin therapy is set for April 12th. And then I'm done!
My next appointment was across the hospital with Dr. B. I was so nervous about seeing him because my sugar levels have been out of whack and I feel so out of control about them. Dr. B scares me a little bit, so my pulse was racing by the time he came in. But he told me to increase my nightly insulin and continue monitoring my dinnertime insulin. Then he told me to come back in 3 months. Was it really that easy?! I felt so relieved by the time I left there I thought I was going to cry. And next time I just have to check in with the nurse practitioner, so hopefully next time will be just as easy!
My final appointment for the day was with Dr. A. and a fresh boob pump! ha ha
He came in and gave a quick look over. Then he pumped up the left one and then handed the needle over to one of his new nurses to pump the other one. That was weird and a little more painful than when Dr. A. did it, but I think she's still learning. I don't mind being the test dummy (most of the time) but when I come for future appointments, he better not think he can skip out on seeing me and let her do all the work. He can't get rid of me that easily...
He did tell me that I'll need to come in more often in order to get me pumped up and ready before its time for surgery. So he's asked me to come in every two weeks instead of every three weeks. So if he wants to see me more often, he's gonna have to keep on pumping them up! lol
Dr. A. talked to me about the implant surgery too. He talked about the possibility of doing two surgeries instead of one to get a better result. The first surgery would involve some lipo around my belly (Ha!) and injecting the fat around my expanders and get it situated, so to speak. The second surgery would involve taking out the expanders and putting in the final implants. He said he thought it would be a better option for me instead of the single surgery -and it's covered by insurance - so I trust his judgment and decided to do. Now I'm just waiting on his office to give me a call and get it on the books. I can't believe I'm in the final stretch of everything!
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