Told by phone, Invasive Ductile Carcinoma-- little other info

Hello, Bippy! Finally getting some Fall weather! It's nice, but crazy feeling so chill now, between bursts of warm days...

Roofers are all busy already... hard to get one to come caulk up my skylight! agh.

Plus busy this time of year... so not free some days to see repairmen... and still going into L.A. for medical appointments...

I'm nearing the end of my one year of Herceptin... not sure if I'm getting SEs from it or not. I've had a couple of weird heart-palpitation days so my MO sent me to get an echo-cardiogram. I don't think it showed anything alarming, thankfully.

It's so hard to tell what is causing what symptoms...!

I've been on the Arimidex thread to see about SEs for that. I have been feeling a bit achy--stiff joints and such. No muscle aches or bone aches... at least I don't think so!

I had this weird rash-- tiny, tiny little bumps you could barely see, clear, like pin-head sized blisters--no itching, no redness, no pain. It started after I took the Arimidex (well, the generic, anyway), so I asked my MO about it. He sent me to a dermatologist. Of course my skin was clear then! Apparently they need people to come in when it's happening, which sort of makes sense! But guess what--it never happened again. I looked it up on the internet and there weren't clear answers but some seemed to think it was a super-mild form of heat rash... and that could have been it, since I got it during the last few hot days... and because it was more humid than usual, and my body going through all this other stuff, that seems to be the most likely thing.

The dermatologist got rid of a few little flat warts on my hands, at least! I never knew what those were... just looked like age spots of something, but apparently not! (ugh! freeze those things please!)

Right now I need to decide on a new insurance since my current one is stopping coverage for individuals (me) and only covering groups. *sigh* I liked that insurance, too, and only had it a year! Now it'll be Blue Shield, most likely, and some of my docs are only on Anthem... so I'll have to switch those docs... geesh. They make getting coverage so hard! No one has much choice... I have SOME being individual now, but before had to change with each employment... bleh. At least I can get coverage given my pre-existing condition now! I guess I should be grateful. but still wish there were more healthcare reforms rather than less...

I hope you will have a great Thanksgiving! Crazy that it's coming up so soon!

I'll be heading to my sister's place, of course. Saves me from cooking and cleaning, which is all good!

Ack, sorry! Beppy! I should try and proof my posts before hitting the button, but that never seems to work!

Finished Herceptin! I had to mention it to them at my last infusion... "Ummm... is this my last one or ???" and it turned out it WAS! So that was a bit of a surprise.

(I think I'm going to have a gift basket sent in to the infusion nurses--they have all been very nice. I just need to remember to do that! So many distractions this time of year!)

RA is tough. I had a friend who had that. And one of my sister's docs thought she might have it, but my sister is pretty sure it's not, and apparently it's not easy to even diagnose, at least in her case!

Oh--I didn't post that long ago! And sorry again for the confusing typo! I think I might have also been trying to type from my phone which drives me crazy. I don't know how the kids do it!

I had a very nice dinner at my sister's place. BiL loves doing big meals, so he hosted around 20 people. My sister did the sides and some desserts. There's still a TON of food left, so I've stayed over the weekend to help them with it!

Glad to hear you had a great meal too. Gah... I really will need to do some serious exercising soon!