today i had my oncology appointment. i had made it for 9am, thinking i'd beat most of the patients to slip the actual time further and further back. it was a good idea in theory.
i got there just on time - ok, 4 minutes late by their clock, and had to wait 5-10 minutes before getting called back. as we walked past dr. crossland's office it looked as if she had just arrived. so maybe she got stuck in traffic.
my weight was 109, bp was 106/68. at 9:30 dr. crossland walks in and says something about being late, but that she had a memo the MRI report was being sent over and she was waiting for it, and it finally dropped in right at 9:30. so maybe there was a slight exaggeration there, i don't care. the important thing is the result of the MRI. "normal". YAY!
we had the usual chat - anything new, any problems, same old. i think by now i can waive posting what the MRI actually said, but if someone wants to know the verbatim, comment or email and i'll dig it back out from where i'll be putting it and add it in.
i mentioned the 'rash' thing around the left nipple-area and she admitted slight puzzlement. she said she knew of some medications creating a side-affect of skin reactions, but nothing like this, and nothing related to tamoxifen. she thought it had to be an irritant due to my extra workouts at the gym, due to sweating, and said it'd be an interesting experiment to see if either of them would do anything.
1- get one of those 'jock-itch' type creams and use that, JIC there's a little yeast thing happening.
2- get not a prosthetic, but like a bra pad for a boob - i think gals you know what i mean, some swimsuits have that thin padded thing in the bra that you take out when you wash the suit, that kind of thing, and use that during my cardio workouts.
the last good thing that came out of my appointment was i have now graduated to yearly appointments! WOOT!
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