Adrian and myself met with the Oncologist on the morning of June 21st. I first met a doctor who went through my medical history and that of my family. I was thinking – just tell me the results! The test assigns a number between 0 -100. A Recurrence score greater than or equal to 31 is considered high and would result in chemotherapy. My results showed a score of 43 and I would need 6 rounds of Taxotere Cyclo (TC) chemotherapy over an 18 week period (1 every 3 weeks). I would definitely loose my hair but I had the option of the cold cap (see post on Cold Cap dilemma) depending on where I was to receive my treatment. So I finally knew.
I had made an appointment to look at wigs for later that morning (just in case). I have some very embarrassing photos which I might share on a separate blog about my wig search. We had another very important event in our house that afternoon, our oldest son Alec had his graduation and was playing a very important role in his crèche play. He was playing the Chocolate Cake in a performance of “The greedy little caterpillar”. A very proud moment! Then it was home and off to college.
It would be another 3 week wait before I got my start date – Friday 13th (what a great date to start! Lucky for some?!)