Now what?

YAY I'm done chemo!! The side effects for this last one were probably the easiest of all the treatments. The only thing was that I was pretty tired. But I'll take that any day, over the aches and pains or the nausea!

So now what? That's the question I've been getting from everyone. Well there are a few things that will be happening:

1) I'll be working on getting my strength and health back. This chemo has really drained me, and I know it will take quite some time for me to regain all my strength. I'm going to continue my gentle Yoga classes, and then when I feel I've outgrown that, maybe I can upgrade to some regular Yoga classes! I would also like to start back a few dance classes soon to help get my body back into that stuff:) I did go to see a Naturopath to help me get on track with repairing my body....fix all the damage that the chemo has done.

2) The doctors are going to put me on Tamoxifen for the next 5 years. This is a hormonal medicine which will block the estrogen in my body since my cancer was estrogen-receptor positive....or something like that (I don't even know if what I said makes sense). Anywayz, I will have to take these tablets every day and there will be more menopausal like side effects from this also. I'm having enough hot flashes these days as it is....I hope it doesn't get too much worse!!

3) Sometime in the near future I would like to do reconstructive surgery. Get myself a nice new booby....maybe ask them to pump up the other one a little bit while they're working in that area anywayz. I have an appointment with the surgeon in June so I'll find out what my options are then.

4) I gotta go back to work at some point.....boooo. Not sure yet when I'll be going back, but I do know that I'm not ready to go back too soon. I think I will really need to recover properly first. My job was a very busy one, with pretty long hours and quite a bit of stress at times, so I also have to consider if I want to put myself through that again or maybe try something different. Decisions decisions!!

5) I'm working more now on my diet - being aware of what I'm eating and trying to learn how to be healthier. I want to learn to cook alot more things so that I don't end up eating out too much (like I did before). My dear mother has been the one cooking for me since my surgery, but she's going to be leaving me soon....heading back home to Trinidad :( So I'm going to have to learn to cook for myself now! I know a few things, but I really never used to cook that much. Now I have good motivation though ..... time to get cooking!

So those are the main things that I have on my plate now that I am done with the Chemo. Oh and I'm waiting for my hair to start growing back too!! I see a few are starting to grow out already .... yaaaay. But its not a full head of hair.....I just look like a balding old man right now. Not cute!