Wow....I'm here at last, just short of nine months since diagnosis and in an hour I'll be leaving for my final radiotherapy which marks the end of my active Breast Cancer treatment. It's been a long, hard journey but I've made it through thanks to my family, wonderful friends, support from a whole village and my amazing husband and two special little people who ensured I got out of bed EVERY day even at the lowest points.
Here's a summary of the last nine months......
1 core biopsy
3 mammograms
3 ultrasounds
1 chest x-Ray
2x ECG
1 heart function scan
1 metal clip insertion
2 CT scans
2 MRI's
3x FEC chemo
3x Docetaxel chemo
About 25 self injections for bone marrow stimulation
A LOT of drugs to counteract side effects
2x breast surgery
1x lymph node surgery
20 sessions of Radiotherapy
2 hospital admissions
1 A and E visit
At least 16 blood tests
Countless oncology and surgical consultant appointments
Lots and lots of love, tears and tantrums!
I'm so pleased that you've reached this milestone, and am hopeful that one day you will be blogging that you're out of remission too. Thinking of you. Cat & Emily x
ReplyDeleteThat's quite a list!
ReplyDeleteYou and your lovely family have done so well to get through the last few nightmare months. Well Done! Congratulations!
No doubt you'll have a few more lows, all part of the process....
However....onwards and upwards...!
Respect to you Jen... you're amazing. x x
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