IV chemo it will be...

My doctor explained that we have cells here that have survived, and are hiding, in my liver, despite all of the drugs we have used in the past to try to kill them.

SO.... going back on the chemo pill is not really an option.

"We are going to flank them," he said.

I go back into IV chemo treatment starting the first week of December.

In the meantime, I get to STOP taking tamoxifen/hormone blockers, so maybe my pain will go away.

I get to go on our cabin camping trip without worrying about being sick, or weak, or fatigued.

I'm actually looking forward to getting this done.

My doctor and nurse were both very encouraging.

And I posted about it, as I always do, for my network on Facebook, and someone I have never met posted this comment......  It moved me deeply, so I am sharing it here....

 Facebook friendships are weird
In a world where we need personal contact - Facebook just doesn’t give that
And being I’m in California and you are decidedly not - meeting is unlikely
But I want to reach out in this most odd sort of forum and tell you how I see you - a woman I don’t even know

You have astounding character
- you consistently show your emotional self here which I have such admiration for
You create a real, intimate environment which gives you a well of support that is amazing. So many people don’t know how to reach out and ask for the wealth of their friends kindnesses - you do so with grace.

You seem to have a deep fortitude
- that’s not to suggest you aren’t fragile or worried or overwhelmed ... but you bring a perseverance even to the posts where you are feeling broken I want to acknowledge that sort of fortitude is earned - it’s not something a person simply gets born with - it’s worked and exercised and made strong by showing up over and over again

You are very loved
This is no small thing To be loved in the way your friends love you means you are a truly loveable person ... which means you know how to be kind, and tolerant and generous of heart In a world where that seems to be thinning you seem to be expanding

I wish you every blessing. May health and grace and joy walk alongside you every minute of every day
And if it gets too much - come here and re-read this
For this is how a stranger sees you
How much more you are seen by someone who knows and loves you.....