September Doc Appointment Update

We've been in a bit of a holding pattern for the last month+ and will continue that way for another 3 weeks or so. This is a good thing!

About two weeks prior to this mom called to tell me the usual morning shower story but with a twist: she usually called to tell me the scab on her right nipple had fallen off in the shower and that once again she had some bleeding for a while. NOT THIS TIME! This time she called to say that it DIDN'T bleed! We were told that eventually this would happen but I never imagined it would happen after only 4 weeks on Arimidex. I said, "Well, until I am told otherwise I will take this as a terrific/positive sign. Scabs fall off when wounds heal."

On Monday, 9/15, I took mom to her first followup oncologist appointment at NYUCI with Dr. Tiersten. Mom was asked how she was feeling ("I feel fine!); what kind of side effects she was having from the Arimidex ("None!); etc. I explained about the scab and both the nurse and doctor concurred that all of this was great news. After a physical exam Dr. Tiersten said she thought mom was making great forward progress and that everything looked terrific. (Knock and everything and anything made of wood!)

We left to set up the October appointment and stop at Plembotomy for another blood test when Dr. Tiersten came up to me and said yet again, that she was very happy with how things looked. Being as superstitous as I am I said, "Thank you so much...now stop saying that!" She laughed and said, "Yes, yes!"

So now I have the delightful task of finding a day to take mom in for a CT scan (locally done) so that on October 14th her urologist can give us an update on the state of her kidney and then the next day Dr. Tiersten can let us know how things compare in the liver.

...and I have to remember to book a hotel room NOW or we'll be in trouble....

So, the last 6 weeks--a very good period of time.