Hiiiiii!!! This is officially my first entry on my new site and I couldn’t be more excited! Yay!! 🙂
So I thought it was a good idea to cram a bone density, lab work, oncology appointment and infusion all in one day! Lets just say Tuesday was A DAY… but I was super grateful to have my Mom by my side to keep me company! The morning started out by snoozing my alarm clock at least 3 times! As I was about to snooze my alarm for the 4th time I was like CRAP.. you’re so late Kelly… get your butt out of bed now and you MIGHT have time for a quick shower and blow dry…. makeup will need to be done in the car lol! I am SO not a morning person. My mom picked me up and first things first… DUNKS! We got our coffees and off we went to Portsmouth for my bone density! Unfortunately, Mom couldn’t come in and waited for me in the car. The tech called my name and brought me into an exam room. She seemed confused and said, “you are so young… what brings you here?” I responded …as if I have said this a million times in my sleep… “I was diagnosed with breast cancer 2 1/2 years ago, 5 months of chemo, a double mastectomy, 5 weeks of radiation, had my ovaries and Fallopian tubes removed which forced my body into menopause and now I am at risk for osteoporosis”. The tech was a little taken back and was like “Oh… wow…. OK then…. I don’t think I have any further questions.” LOL!! She then told me to lay down on the table. I was like uhhh…. don’t you need me to get into a Johnny first? Maybe take off my shoes? Jewelry? Do anything? …and she was like nope this will be the easiest exam you’ve ever done! I was like SWEET! SO I laid down on the table and the machine passed over my body a few times…. and that was it! Literally took 2 minutes! WOOHOO!
Once the bone density was complete my Mom and I looked at the time and it was only 8:15am… my next appointment wasn’t till 1:30pm in Dover which was only 10 minutes away!!! Ahhhh I clearly didn’t space my appointments out that well LOL!!! It was nice to catch up with my Mom though… we did a lot of chatting in the car and then decided to try and find something to do. We found an ocean state job lots nearby and was like YES lets do it! I am not sure if it was because of covid or the rainy day but we were the only ones in there!! We spent 2 HOURS looking around!! We don’t go shopping anymore so this was a TON of fun! Of course we were safe and Mom had me purell my hands like 50 times haha! We then headed to Dover and ordered 5 GUYS CURB SIDE….. omg YUMMMM!! I haven’t had 5 guys in forever! My favorite part is they literally give you a grocery bag full of French fries!! Ahhhhmazing!
After trying to kill time we were still an hour early for my next appointment. Thankfully they took me early for my lab draw! …I was contemplating on asking for a CA125. This is a blood marker test that may signal breast cancer reoccurrence. I have been wanting to get this done for a LONG time. Mainly because I had a double mastectomy so my team doesn’t recommend ANY imaging going forward and therefore I have nothing to reassure me my cancer hasn’t returned. This eats me ALIVE! Not as much as it use to but it’s still something that I think and worry about. It was time… it was time to be brave and DO IT. So I asked the tech to add the blood marker test and she said, “no problem, ill just call the nurse and have her add it on”. My heart started racing…. ahhhh OK… this is happening. (Still haven’t received results but my oncologist said she should receive them tomorrow….. SO NERVOUS).
My appointment with my oncologist Dr. Civiello was therapeutic per usual. I am SO blessed to have her on my team. She takes the time to answer all my questions thoroughly and always does a thorough exam including a breast exam which she said felt normal! PHEW!
From there the nurse brought me to the infusion center to have my second Zometa infusion! Unfortunately, Mom couldn’t come with me and I was on my own. I was sick to my stomach… ugh I don’t like infusion chairs…at all. I checked in and sat down in the waiting room. Nervous, nervous, nervous! A staff member called my name and brought me to my infusion room…. as we were passing the nurses station I heard a girl say “HIIII KELLY!!! HOW ARE YOU!!??” As if we’ve been best friends since 2nd grade. I was like oh man… she doesn’t look familiar… do I know this chick?! And so I did the only reasonable thing and sounded just as excited to see her and was like “OMG HEY GIRL!!” LOL! I sit down in my infusion chair and the same energetic nurse we walked by walks in! She was literally the nicest, most personable human I have ever met in my LIFE!!! She was in high spirits, high energy, high on life, high in every way possible hahah and honestly it was JUST what I needed. I forgot about the nerves, the worry, the horrifying chair I was sitting in and ughhhh… you were just what I needed Lauren to get through this infusion. And WOW… I almost forgot how spoiled you are during infusions. “are you hungry, do you need something to drink, would you like to watch TV, can I get you a warmed blanket, would you like to recline in your chair, etc etc etc”. OK…. this infusion chair thing isn’t THAT bad lol! Prior to my infusion my nurse was joking around asking if I wanted fluids because she had an extra bag…. I was like uhhh yes ill totally take it! She also infused the med over an hour instead of 30 minutes. These 2 factors made a HUGE difference in regards to side effects. I was WICKED sick the last time with a 102 fever and flu-like symptoms for 24hrs. This time I had a headache, fatigue, slight chills and achyness that lasted 24hours but it was tolerable!!!
Thank you to the best in-laws in the world for watching the kids the past few days! I appreciate your support so much! Thank you Mom for hanging out with me ALL day! And thank you to all my family and friends for checking in and your ENDLESS support! I feel so blessed….always!
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My next blog will be my CA125 results….. EEEEEEK!!
❁ KPOW
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