Doctor's appointment yesterday went fine, in sum- it is too soon to tell if the anti-hormonal therapies are working.
I had a moment of panic when first his fellow came in and showed me the tumor markers, once again elevated from 125 to now 146- for the next 20 minutes my world came crashing down again as I assumed that 21 point increase meant the therapy was not working and the bone mets were not ER+ like the lymph nodes back in 2010. I had put so much hope into this new therapy I forgot that when changing therapies, it does take a few months to see the tumor markers reflect a success or failure. Finally my doc came in and reminded me of this. And once again, my world made sense, at least for another month. We talked some more about my next options- he really likes the idea of the oophrectomy (to remove my ovaries), if we can establish that the bone mets are estrogen dependent. I got my herceptin infusion and left feeling content.
In other news, I am going to be an aunt x 2 in July, as my sister and sister-in-law are expecting! So I feel good knowing that Parker will at least have some cousins his age (if he doesn't have any siblings).
Thanks for all your prayers and support!
