I have not posted in a while because I have not had much to say. I have been very busy living my life and trying to figure how what kind of life I choose to create as a breast cancer survivor.
My amplichip test came back showing that I was an intermediate metabolizer. This meant I was a bit slower than normal (extensive) metabolizers but the long and the short of it is that the Oncologists don't know what this means if anything. I used a new technology and there isn't any recent data to show if a lesser dose for a person in my situation will do just as well as the standard dose of 20mg. So....I chose to start the tamoxifen and am taking 1 pill of 20mg per day. My hot flashes have come back since beginning the Tamoxifen but they are manageable although uncomfortable.
So what have I been doing? I have been mothering myself and my children. Finding ways to "do" life instead of just talking about the things I want to do. I have been exercising, cooking some, hanging my laundry on the line when the sun is shining and shuttling kids back and forth to activities. I have been dancing. I traveled to Salt Lake City with Stephen and Katie to attend a Forum and Family Ball. I have been reading and discussing and writing about what I read. I have been inspired to write an article and am getting ready to submit it to an educational newsletter that a friend publishes every quarter. Mostly I have been trying to figure out how to suck the marrow out of each day. How to live it to the fullest so that when my time comes I can meet creator and say with confidence that I used up everything that I was given and used it well. Peace.
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Hi - I just came across your blog while doing a search on intermediate metabolizers. I've just learned that I'm an IM after taking tamoxifen for 3 years. Have you learned more about this from your docs?
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