Another day another doctor

Today I saw the OB/Gyn about removing my ovaries. He was a nice doctor. It will be done with 3 small incisions in my abdomen. One for the camera and as he put it the other 2 for the fork and knive. It is an hour operation and I go home the same day. A one or two day recovery. He was willing to do it next week but we decided to wait until radiation was over before taking this little project on. The major side effect of having no estrogen is hot flashes. Unfortunatley for me hormone replacement is not an option. The 2 hormones that they use - estrogen and progestern are what makes my cancer grow. He suggested that as I get use to them they won't bother me so much. Tell my husband that as all the blankets get thrown off throughout the night!! I will look into some natural alternatives when I get closer to that date.

So the next thing will the the Zoladex shot on the 29th. The doctor said that it is a very large needle with a pellet on the end that they put into my stomach. He suggest that I get patch that is put on 1 hour before the shot to numb the area.

So that is it for medical news for now. I am taking the weekend off from thinking and talking about cancer and enjoying the weekend in Edmonton. I'll be back on Monday hopefully rested and ready for next week of doctor appoinments.

I hope everyone has a wonderful Easter!!

Love Carolin