Had my oncology appointment by phone today. It was supposed to be on the 29th but they bumped it up to miss the holidays.
We started off by talking about my pain. It’s still basically non-existent if I do nothing all day. Been using the stairs lately because the elevator is out so it’s been jabbing me in the hip occasionally, letting me know it’s still there. I haven’t had to take any pain pills again though.
Then we talked about the bloodwork. My tumour markers are still climbing, they’re at 155. In his words, “..the meds aren’t controlling the cancer anymore”. My appointment with him in February will be at his office so we can discuss the CT results and the options.
I knew this was coming but it still sucks. I don’t have any idea what my options are, or if I have any. I sure hope it isn’t chemo. I’ve been on the Ibrance/Letrozole combination for 3 years. We had a good run. Who knows, maybe he’ll keep me on it but I doubt it. He wouldn’t want to see me in person if that was the case. Something to ponder for the next 10 weeks.
On a good note, the Zoloft is working. I didn’t get panicky and shaky having to go for bloodwork yesterday. I even tried talking myself out of going (it’s the wrong time in my drug cycle, 2 weeks too early, they never told me I had to when they changed my appointment etc) but the anxiety didn’t kick in like it would have before so I got it done.