The Tipping Point - Health Update
Last September, I had a discussion with one of my surgeons who had just done a surgical biopsy on my breast. Although all of my doctors agreed that I had cancer in my chest wall, the pathology report did not confirm that. (An additional biopsy at Ohio State did confirm "mucin" in one of their samples, but individual cells could not be stained).
I asked my surgeon what I could expect. I had to laugh when he said "pain", because I had honestly kept the thought of pain off of my radar. So I write this post almost as a "marker" in my cancer journey.
I started taking Ibrance a week ago Friday after much reluctance. Luckily, I haven't seemed to experience any of the negative side effects I did on Verzenio. Ibrance belongs to a class of drugs designed to inhibit cancer cell reproduction.
I realized this morning that most of the pain I am currently experiencing is within my breasts/chest wall and not from the bruises from my recent bike fall. This is new and I don't know if the medication is playing any role at all. We'll just have to wait and see.
So this post is short and sweet.
Kathy
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