Dear Diary

 Hey Friends, I thought I'd post a brief update on my radiation news from last week.  I am still waiting for a call with a date to start actual treatments, but I did go in on Thursday for my 'mapping' session.  Note to self, if you are self conscious about people looking at your boob(s) you should avoid getting breast cancer! lol Anyway, I gained myself four new tattoos this week. They aren't very artistic, or even creative at all, but they will be with me for the rest of my life. Essentially they are just about the size of a freckle. I have one on each side, at about the bottom of my rib cage. And I have two more vertically in the middle of my chest, a few inches apart. So like I said, not very artistic.  Basically I was put onto the bed that goes in/out of the CT scanner, lying on my back. Above me was a laser that I can only imagine laid out some sort of grid on my chest (I obviously couldn't see it). The techs drew on me with sharpies, measured, wiped the sharpi...

 Hey Friends, We finally got another piece of the puzzle today! It seems like cancer is all about waiting, and now I hope most of the waiting is done. So this post is a few updates, and some new information.  It has been a while since I posted, but not really much to tell in the interim. The last couple of weeks have been fairly uneventful. I have been feeling good, and other than being definitely weaker, I feel pretty much back to normal. I have a ton of yard work to do, so that will get my strength back up I hope!  I did have my follow up with my medical oncologist last week. It was fairly uneventful other than getting my prescription for Tamoxifen, my hormone treatment drug. I'm sure I have explained in previous posts a little bit about Tamoxifen vs AI's, but I'll explain a bit here as well. As I have also said, I am opting to do a full hysterectomy later this year, and this choice affects these drugs also.  Tamoxifen is a drug used for breast cancer and has been ...