Adrienne finally had the repeat thyroid test on Friday and, yesterday, the endocrinologist told her to start the thyroid medication. I don't know what her numbers were yet but I know that she's been incredibly tired and we hope this will help. She frequently takes a nap in the afternoon and drags much of the rest of the day.
Adrienne saw the cardiologist on Friday and he really wants her to stay on the Coreg. He says the Coreg is much more important long term than the Enalapril and he hopes she can tolerate it. The plan was to start the thyroid supplement to ease the tiredness and then increase the Coreg dose. Adrienne is supposed to call him on Wednesday or Thursday after she starts the thyroid medication to decide what to do next.
Adrienne now has a whole five weeks off from doctor and clinic visits. Yyyeeeaaahhh. Her next appointments are December 1.
This Friday, Adrienne will be giving the honoree speech at the Team In Training pasta dinner for the Santa Barbara 1/2 Marathon. She is excited and nervous at the same time, and we're very proud that she's going to do this. She's going to talk about how new treatments have been there every time she needed them and how important cancer research is to keep those advances coming.
I got quite a few messages about the mammogram joke (glad you enjoyed it), so here's another way to prepare:
Open your refrigerator door and insert one breast between the door and the main box. Have one of your strongest friends slam the door shut and lean on the door for good measure. Hold that position for five seconds (while you hold your breath). Repeat again, in case the first time wasn’t effective enough.
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