LOL!
Today was my 6 month check ups. First and foremost, everything is fine. Both my oncologist and orthopaedist were thrilled to see my walking and looking healthy. My scans are clear, my bloodwork is clear, everything is clear.
I am not growing any, I will be forever 5'3 and a half. Gaining weight is another problem. I eat crap food and don't gain weight. I had 10 McDonald's chicken nuggets at 1030 this morning. At 3 o'clock, I weighed in at 121.4 pounds. I was heavier yesterday.
I think my metabolism may have slowed down from chemo, I am down 44 pounds from the start of chemo. I look better now, but I could really use the extra cushion as my bones are more brittle now. 
Now, I've been having this strange pain on the top of fibula ever since I started bearing weight on my knee. Nothing shows up on the MRI, nor the xray. When the ortho felt it, he said it felt funny. The only thing he can think of at this point are -
1) Bursitis
2) The plastic piece of the implant is too large.
They want to give me a steriod shot (cortisone) to see if it goes away. If it doesn't, it's off to the operating room. They only want to do surgery as a last resort, as it gives me a greater chance for infection. This is really the only bad thing going on with me right now.
Today in the cancer center, and inmate was brought it. Orange jumpsuit, handcuffs, guards, everything. I had to go back to the lab for a bandaid because the gauze they gave me wasn't sticking. As I walked near the guy, he freaking stared me down like I was a piece of meat. I was angry and disgusted and freaked out all at the same time.
Well, this was really it for today. It was a long day and I have school tomorrow, so Bon Voyage!
- Sonya.
Today was my 6 month check ups. First and foremost, everything is fine. Both my oncologist and orthopaedist were thrilled to see my walking and looking healthy. My scans are clear, my bloodwork is clear, everything is clear.
I am not growing any, I will be forever 5'3 and a half. Gaining weight is another problem. I eat crap food and don't gain weight. I had 10 McDonald's chicken nuggets at 1030 this morning. At 3 o'clock, I weighed in at 121.4 pounds. I was heavier yesterday.
I think my metabolism may have slowed down from chemo, I am down 44 pounds from the start of chemo. I look better now, but I could really use the extra cushion as my bones are more brittle now. Now, I've been having this strange pain on the top of fibula ever since I started bearing weight on my knee. Nothing shows up on the MRI, nor the xray. When the ortho felt it, he said it felt funny. The only thing he can think of at this point are -
1) Bursitis
2) The plastic piece of the implant is too large.
They want to give me a steriod shot (cortisone) to see if it goes away. If it doesn't, it's off to the operating room. They only want to do surgery as a last resort, as it gives me a greater chance for infection. This is really the only bad thing going on with me right now.
Today in the cancer center, and inmate was brought it. Orange jumpsuit, handcuffs, guards, everything. I had to go back to the lab for a bandaid because the gauze they gave me wasn't sticking. As I walked near the guy, he freaking stared me down like I was a piece of meat. I was angry and disgusted and freaked out all at the same time.
Well, this was really it for today. It was a long day and I have school tomorrow, so Bon Voyage!
- Sonya.
