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Wow! Now that's the way to do it!
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
I like the sound of what your oncologist is proposing. Hopefully it gets you in a better place in terms of the other medications and that you feel well on it.
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
You will enjoy the evening once you get out. That's what I usually find happens when I start feeling like I want to stay put.
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
Dinner sounds great - enjoy!
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
Oh wow! Hope DH does okay for his on Thursday. No sedatives offered!
5' 4" tall, HW: 242, SW:215.4 Weight Loss - pre-op: - 26.6, M1: -15.4, M2: -16, M3: -11.4, M4: -11.2, M5: -12.2, M6: -7.4, M7: -7.8, M8: -2.0 Goal of 130 lbs. reached at 8 months, 2 days post-op!
on 12/31/24 12:21 pm
Christopher Cros****s differently when your boobs are hanging in a box! 
We had a high of 46 in Wisconsin yesterday. Unseasonably warm for sure (not that I'm complaining)!
5' 4" tall, HW: 242, SW:215.4 Weight Loss - pre-op: - 26.6, M1: -15.4, M2: -16, M3: -11.4, M4: -11.2, M5: -12.2, M6: -7.4, M7: -7.8, M8: -2.0 Goal of 130 lbs. reached at 8 months, 2 days post-op!
I was reading comments from yesterday about MRIs. My first was for a knee, easy peasy because I only went in up to my waist. They offered me sedatives, so I took mine as I was leaving work. (DH designated driver). By the time I got to the clinic I was thinking they should always pass out valium as you leave the building! 2nd time I had to be strapped into the super man pose, arm extended above my head. I had opted not to take a sedative because I would not be strapped in, or so they told me, and I didn't want to get a designated driver. Wrong, strapped in, fully in the tube, face down. Not good. But I made it. 3rd time was for my boobs. The absurdity of being on my stomach while they opened trap doors in the table so my boobs could hang into these special boxes stopped me from feeling too much panic. I asked for Yacht Rock Music and told the technicians I was going to sing. And I did. I knew all the songs. So that's my new MRI technique, I sing and count the songs. I figure it's done by about the 8th song.
It is awesome entering the New Year feeling in control of my weight! I've lived for weeks with treats in the house, while still maintaining. Surgery was still the biggest life changing tool for me, but the Wegovy gives it another important boost. I remain hopeful that there will be medication options when I hit Medicare in July 2026. This field of treatment is changing rapidly.
Oncology appointment was interesting. My oncologist left, so I saw someone new today. She will not prescribe Tamoxifen any longer. She disagrees that I should have stayed on it after my blood clots (a known side effect). I am comfortable with the decision my previous oncologist and hematologist made, but I understand the new approach. She want me to switch to an Aromatase Inhibitor. This is usually not recommended if you have bone density issues. She said new research shows if I switch to an IV bone strengthening medication, that there is no danger of bone loss, and the medication actually increases the effectiveness of the Aromatase Inhibitor. So if I make the switch, I move to a statistically more effective medication for preventing breast cancer, and no risk of blood clots. I can stop taking ElIquis after a few months. I would prefer an IV treatment for bone loss, but my endocrinologist keeps insisting on the most conservative treatment, which is oral medication. Now there would be a medical reason to switch to the IV, which the Weight loss surgery clinic endorses. They don't like the possible G.I. side effects of the oral medication. So I am going to make the switch. I did tell the oncologist though, if I have ongoing side effects for months, like I did initially with Tamoxifen, I am not staying on it. She feels I probably won't, or they will be short lived.
We are attending a low key party this evening. DH has to work his part time shift tomorrow at 7am, so we won't stay until midnight. Back to work on Thursday. I am telling myself it's okay to get back at it, so we can tick off more days and get to the end of this year.
Dreary, overcast, but not bitterly cold. The temps are dropping the end of the week, and we might see the sun. I will welcome that cheerful orb, but dread the cold. Life in the Bold North. We have a few things on our calendar to look forward to, and winter will pass eventually.
Today is starting off with a bang. Got a text from Massachusetts saying Blitz's date is READY!!!! Um, nothing like a little notice. So luckily the vet tech can fit us in at noon.
I love FB market place!I was able to find a new home for my older artificial Christmas tree within minutes of posting. People do love free stuff! Fellow is on his way to pick it up now. I have a fold up bicycle I am going to give away, too. The box takes up way too much floor space in the garage. I took it in trade for a grooming for some friends who didn't want it (they inherited it from a friend who was moving...) because they insisted it would work so well for me at dog shows. I didn't want it, but took it. I'm such a sucker!
Prep for my trip to Palm Springs is now delayed and I have a feeling I'm not going to want to follow through with our NYE plans, but no way I can get out of it. Ron would kill me. BFF would be sad and he's already sad enough these days.
Liz, yay on the weight loss!!!! Wonderful feeling, right?
Ann, happy one week-aversary!
Happy New Year everybody!
