I finished up Radiation over the Christmas holiday and have since returned to work. I was fortunate enough that with many layers of aloe and sween cream that I did not experience the major blister or peeling associated with radiation therapy. Just the sunburn and nothing else. I hardest part was just going everyday.

Had my follow up with my Oncologist to review the next steps. Once again I fell into the gray zone since I have a chemotherapy induced menopause. Will I stay in menopause or not is the question. So right now we start myself on Tamoxifen and continue to monitor my estradiol and FSH. I also asked my physician about testing me for the gene mutation CYP2D6 because I worry about the effects of Tamoxifen and if it is not going to work for me then I surely do not want to take it. I do have one mutation of the CYP2D6 so all the data out there right now suggests that Tamoxifen is still going to work for me.

Back to work has been has been hard. I only made it a couple of days before the fatigue really caught up with me then it was off to bed. I just have to keep reminding myself that I have to take it easy. The books state that it takes you the same amount of time to recover as you were in treatment.

My hair is coming in but nothing really curly yet. I hope everyone had a nice Holiday!