vizslagirl's Journey:

didn't know my breast cancer had metastisized until i landed in the hospital for 2 weeks only a month after i turned 36 with a cracked spine due to tumors in my vertebrae. thanks cancer. suck it.

without the gamma knife radiation i would still be in the hospital, incapacitated.... with steroids and the radiation therapy my spinal tumors disappeared and my broken bones healed. but there are too many places on the rest of my skeleton to do that EVERYWHERE..... : (

monthly IV infusions suck too.

am currently on ANTI-hormone medicines.

ovary removal. after about a month my hot flashes pretty much disappeared, so that actually was a god thing. :)

i'm still on zometa and faslodex shots (estrogen blockers) each month. don't know how long, but hopefully the anti-hormones will work for many years. otherwise, it's back to chemo & you can only do that so many times in 1 Life......

fatigue & mind fogginess on course as expected for radition treatment to head. no surprises, just resting & coming off decadron.....always fun. :)

i think i have found a new oncologist who is going to thoroughly reassess my cancer, come up with a gameplan & COMMUNICATE it to me. i'm just happy that i think i've found a good doctor who cares about her patient. :)