Good labs

The good news is that my blood work looks FANTASTIC, so far, on the Verzenio.  

The bad news is that I now have to take anti-diarrheal medication every day.  Oh well.... it's helping, so it is what it is.

I see doc on Tuesday, and will ask if the side effects DO actually dissipate over time, of if he was mistaken about that when I saw him last. 

After another week of heat, it looks like there was a shift yesterday.  It was supposed to be 95, but there were clouds all day, and a little drizzle, and it only got up to the mid 80s. 

 

Now, looking at the forecast, there are no 90s for the coming week.... SO....we are hopeful that the equinox got it's message across to the weather!

Two of my co workers have been promoted to supervisor positions.  I did not apply, so I can't complain about that part....however, they are being given ALL of the credit for our survival after the mass exodus.

Excuse me, but ALL OF US who stayed are responsible for that survival.  ALL OF US.

But do they say anything?  No, of course not.  They take all of the credit and run with it... so they look better to the new director.

Whatever.  

In other news, there really isn't any other news....I am starting to consider posting less frequently... or maybe only when something important happens, HAHA.

Out of the frying pan....

 The cool front gave us exactly 2 days below 90, and they were lovely.

It's to be 100 and higher this coming week.  I'm back to watering everything every day.  

The one day of rain that we had, the shorter daylight hours, and the break from the heat have resulted in my begonias FINALLY blooming, and my rose bush sending out new shoots and buds, and the native sunflowers, spindly and sickly as they look, are blooming.  

I'd like that to continue.

After 5 days on the Verzenio, the diarrhea started.  Imodium locked it back down, though, and after a couple of days, it seems to have stopped and I am back to normal.

I messaged my nurse, and she said nothing about what most people experience, so my guess is she doesn't have a point of reference.

We got our newest covid boosters on Friday evening.  Yesterday, we both felt quite fatigued, and had arm pain.  Dave had never felt the fatigue before.

We wanted to get them done at least 2 weeks ahead of our concert in Dallas on Oct. 1st.

Nothing much else to report.  I have to go get labs drawn tomorrow, so I will work from home, and go to the office on Tuesday.

I have a zoom meeting in a couple of hours, and need to prepare my portion.  Better late than never, but the event kept getting postponed, too, HAHA!

Have a good week.

Cool front!

 It's a glorious 58 degrees this morning!  Ahhhhh!!!!  

We sat out in our little hot tub last night, as the weather front came through, and a light, cool drizzle fell on our heads.... It was SO refreshing and wonderful.

Slept with the windows open, which was worse for our allergies, but so be it!!

We will have temps BELOW 90 DEGREES for two days, but then it's back to the mid 90s after that for who knows how long.

Once the afternoon sun has dried the grass, Dave will be mowing today, and doing some weed whacking.

I hope to do a little reading for my course.

So far, so good on the Verzenio.  

There's really nothing else going on.... the biggest news in our world right now is the weather shift. 

Have a good week!

Hmmm....

 Well, my doc wasn't as happy with the genomic results as we'd hoped.  The suggested therapies were not what he would prefer.  They DO exist, but he wasn't thrilled with them.

So, he and my nurse (let's face it, mostly my nurse) are still doing more research, and have ordered the test results from my very first genetic blood test, done in December of 2014.  

For some reason, that was not transferred over to them when the breast center referred me to Dr Hollen after my biopsies.  They sent all other records, just not that.

SO, that being said, I am not going to be on a specific, targeted treatment plan yet.

Instead, we are going to the next immunotherapy type pill, Verzenio. 

In the past, I took Ibrance, and it worked for a couple of years... Then Kisquali, and it worked for a couple of years.... so we are doing this now.

In the meantime, things will progress with research, and there may come a time when something else is available that will work longer.

So, I start the new medication on Wednesday, as doc wanted to give me the week off that I normally had on the schedule with the Ibrance, and then the Kisquali.

Verzenio is daily, with no breaks, and still requires a hormone blocker. Ugh.

The main side effect of Verzenio is diarrhea.  Yay.  That means that I will also be taking an anti-diarrheal medication for a while.  Doc said that it gets better over time, but my nurse said it can be severe, and may cause dehydration.

Just great!  

I will go for labs after 2 weeks, so we can see if it my numbers are still okay.  If they are "tanking," we will have to come up with an alternate.  Fortunately, there are already alternates, but doc wanted to try tis first. 

Once they obtain my original genetic test results, we may decide to re-do it, since the technology has changed so much since 2014.

The only other news around here is that it has finally been raining.  

Dave mowed and edged the front yard yesterday, and had hoped to do the back today, but it rained again overnight.  The crabgrass is sure happy, and growing like crazy back there!

If the sun comes out later, and the back gets dry enough, he'll be able to mow with the mower set up high, then go over it a second time.  Thankfully, we have tomorrow off, too, and it's supposed to be sunny, so it may have to wait until then.

No fun plans for Labor Day.... our friend who was going to join us for burgers has canceled, so it will just be a quiet day at home.  Maybe we will get up early and go to the woods.... I'll take my muscle relaxer and ibuprofen, and see how it goes.

Have a good week!