Adrienne started the thyroid medication last week and she says she feels like a new person. She no longer feels like she wants to go right back to bed after waking up and she doesn't need a nap every day. I don't think we all realized how much this was affecting her until now.
Since the fatigue problem seems to be resolved, Adrienne should be able to increase the dose of the Coreg. When she was diagnosed almost three years ago with cardiomyopathy, the talk was mostly about when she might need a heart transplant. Now it seems like they can manage her indefinitely with medication. This is certainly good news. Our hope is that stem cell therapies will come to fruition in the next few years so Adrienne's heart can actually replace the cells that the chemo destroyed.
As usual, Adrienne is busy planning her classes for next semester, her summer, and the following semester abroad. She definitely wants to go to Prague and her doctor thinks we can make this work.
And now, the third (and final) way to prepare for your first mammogram:
Freeze two metal bookends overnight. Strip to the waist. Invite a stranger into the room. Press the bookends against one of your breasts. Smash the bookends together as hard as you can. Set an appointment with the stranger to meet next week and do it again!!
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