Jeff and I had a great time in Bermuda and we were so happy to have my sister Stephanie surprise my brother in law with a trip for his birthday and their 18th anniversary at the same time!
I haven't traveled since just before I was diagnosed so this was a big deal. I haven't been working and I miss my normal day to day with my incredible colleagues and all of my clients (many have been friends for years) so it was really great to be able to take a week off from treatment and get back down to Bermuda.
In true fashion and with typical Bermudian hospitality, this is what I arrived to at the Fairmont Southampton:
There were a couple dry eyes but that was most likely just the men and that's questionable!
I will admit that the trip was a bit ambitious on my part but I managed although I paid for it with some pretty intense back pain which kept me in bed for an entire day.
It didn't keep me down for long and we had an incredible time and the turquoise blue ocean and pink sand beach was definitely what the doctor ordered!
Here's how I flew, man, I was NOT taking any chances being held up in a petri dish for all those hours!
Friday the 13th was treatment day and I made it through pretty unscathed! I've had very little nausea and I managed to pull through without my head in a bucket. Woohoo.
Here's my lucky #7 treatment pic. I brought my Fountains of Wayne guys with me for this one. Jeff and I blasted their stuff on my new Harmon Kardon in the beemer on the way up to Mayo. Whoa that stereo is insane!
So the medical update is this: I'm starting Tamoxofin and still contemplating the Lupron shot. I've learned that I only need one 3 month shot in order to shut my ovaries down for good so I stop producing estrogen which when combined with the Tamoxofin, they think my tumors in my spine may begin to respond and start to shrink or maybe even disappear. But, from what I've heard it can only take one shot to ruin your life with long term side effects like intense bone pain, bone loss, headaches, etc. etc. I'm still sleeping on that one. It's kind of like playing Russian Roulette and I'm not sure I wanna take a chance. These life changing decisions aren't very easy to make.
