My Appointment...

Last week I had my very first appointment at the Cross Cancer Institute. It was actually quite scary to go into the building for the first time because you never quite new what to expect. In the morning we went to an orientation where a very nice man showed us around the hospital and told us what to expect for your first visit. Then we had to wait a couple of hours until it was time for my appointment with the oncologist.

The oncologist explained the type of cancer that I have and that they would normally like to treat this type of cancer with hormone therapy when they have a younger patient. But they have to see if it has spread so they cannot make any decisions until I have a MRI and CT Scan of my body to make sure that the cancer has not spread. So I am having my CT next Monday afternoon and then I just have to wait until they book the MRI and then they will make a decision regarding how to treat the cancer. She put me on hormone therapy in the meantime because the earlier I am on it the better.

Also she called the weight wise clinic while I was there and they are going to keep me in the program. So I have a meeting there on the 31st because the type of pills that I am on has a major side effect that you will gain weight while on it. So the clinic is going to try and figure out a way to counteract the pills.

I will let you all know how it goes.