Black Friday!

Up early this morning - going in to work - never have been much of a shopper this weekend for me prior to the Gluten allergy diagnosis was the kickoff to my holiday baking season. Back in the day I would make upwards of 20 different types of holiday bake goods - much of which would be given to friends and family for Christmas gifts- my Dad loved the orange almond biscotti and would dunk it in his coffee. My love for cooking has not faded but in recent years I have not baked like I used to - I should get back into baking but Vegan and Gluten free!

Today I was on Pinterest looking at short hair - one of the side effects of Interferon is hair loss so while I have been growing my hair but with this on my horizon - I think that going back to the Pixie is prudent at this point. I still am a fan of Ginnifer Goodwin's short style but also loving Jennifer Lawrence's new hairdo as well!

I had a nice quiet pajama day yesterday and took a moment to absorb all that I learned last week about the cancer - and came to terms with where I am. Looking forward to finding out more on Tuesday and planning what my next steps are. More research showed studies with High Dose Interferon aka HDI for one month gave the same results as the 48 week dosage so definitely something to discuss, in addition to this study I did find that there is a slow release Pegylated Interferon aka PEG - IFN that is administered weekly so whether I need the 1 month or the 48 week - management of my treatment just got a little better. 

Well time for work - off I go

Namaste to all!

Thanksgiving 2013

Today I am thankful for second opinions whether good, bad or indifferent a second opinion is an opportunity to learn where my walk with this disease will take me. 

In the past 5 weeks I have been diagnosed with Stage 1B with a Mitosis rate of 3 I went to a dermatologist who diagnosed me and then referred me to a surgeon who had been told by a radiologist that I had 2 impacted nodes but he only took one - and left the one that is closest to the site of the cancer ....this did not feel right. I went to an oncologist who informed me as a 3 mitosis level that with out a year of interferon I would be chasing this microscopic stuff and may not catch something in time. I have had a PET and a CT scan along with blood tests galore. I shutter to think that if I had not gone to the oncologist I would be walking around delusional thinking it was done....I will be eating a Pescatarian diet to slow any more exposure and I am considering the Interferon ....but above all I am so grateful for the second opinion....