TUESDAY, MAY 11, 2010
Anti Cancer
I had an appointment with Dr. Northfelt. He walked in and rubbed the top of my head, I looked up at him, and he had a huge smile. He said, "looks good; I like the new hair."
He wanted to see me this week and explain the next step in my treatments. It's hormone therapy and estrogen treatment. Since he is unsure if I am pre-menopausal or post-menopausal, it is hard to determine how to proceed. He sometimes said chemotherapy would put a woman into menopause and kill the ovaries. He is running some blood tests to check; it's some type of genetics testing, utterly different than the genetics testing I had when I was 1st diagnosed. We will know in ten days. I asked him when he would tell me I am VILLAIN free.... unfortunately, he said for Breast Cancer patients, doctors cannot tell patients that they are VILLAIN free. He would feel good about telling me that when I see him in his office in 30 years. Dr. Northfelt explained to me that when I had my mastectomy, it would be nice for doctors to be able to say the VILLAIN is gone since they removed breasts. However, if that were the case, he wouldn't have had me go through chemotherapy or radiation.
I believe I'm VILLAIN-free, but he will not say it. I came home and did some research online about remission and breast cancer. Everything I found says Dr. Northfelt is right. I may have some cancer cells in my body that will show up later, but until and if that happens, I will live a healthy, happy life, not being restricted to constantly thinking about the VILLAIN.
Before he left the room, he gave me a big hug and told me to keep fighting. He gave me the book's name that he thought I should read. I ordered it on Amazon today. It's written by a doctor who has had cancer twice. I'm excited to read it.
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