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i apologize for not posting since saturday, i have a lot on my mind with radiation treatments about to start. monday i went to the hospital for "radiation simulation" + target tattooing, but my arm is too stiff + painful to get up over my head where they need it to fit me in a cat scan machine + we had that heatwave + i already have hot flashes + nightsweats from the chemo. i'll be posting later today after my heartscan at the hospital. they take out some blood, add a radiactive dye marker, re-inject it + then a "gamma camera" takes a 20-minute movie of the blood ejecting from my heart during each heart beat. that data gives them an "ejection fraction" rate, which is how much blood is pumped out per heart beat. a new monoclonal antibody chemo drug that is specifically targeted at her2neu breast cancer damaged my heart about 20%, so it ejects about 10% less blood per beat. that blood stays in my heart + my heart swells up (enlarged heart) + the blood backs up into the lungs, so i get "out of breath" + chest tightness + pressure. the moral is...... check yourself regularly to catch cancer or any health problem early, so you don't end up dealing with stuff like this. i also designed a funny sun hat + went to the beach in san francisco + some parks with my daughter + husband this week, so we had some fun too. by ~mod*mom~ at 27.7.06 © 5 Comments:Congrats on the hat! ;-) By Martin Klasch, at 7/27/2006 6:43 PM
You're a great example of how to stay upbeat during such a hard time. By M, at 7/29/2006 4:48 PM
thanks! you guys are so nice. By mod*mom, at 7/29/2006 6:35 PM hi modmom, how awful to hear you going through all this. lots of love and strength in beating this crap. , atStay courageous, Mod*Mom! I'm thinking of you! By Jason Stockl, at 7/31/2006 5:12 AM |