Grade I

It's grade I cells and today I get the MRI to find out if it's stage I (keeping fingers crossed). I get to take this lovely drug called Megace, which will hopefully keep the cancer cells from regrowing and keep any tumors from developing. This is great news, because if it works (get another D&C at the 3 month mark) then after 6 months we can start seeing a fertility doctor. Dr. West (the oncologist) said that it will be difficult for me to get pregnant, because this is usually associated with ovulation problems and trouble for the embryo to implant, so we're just going to start out with the fertility doctor from the start. That's assuming (fingers crossed) it really is stage I as it seems it might be (given the negative biopsies and paps from the past couple months). This is great news!

Now I will just have to combat the weight gain, because Megace also happens to be a drug that makes you very hungry so they give it to AIDS and other cancer patients to help them gain weight... so woot... give the fat girl weight gaining drugs. I've already added 20 pounds since this whole mess started in January. So, I'll have to go on super vigilant mode. I've told Wayne no more little debby or other snack foods in the house. I am no good with temptation - and that's probably why the only time I've ever lost weight in my life is living alone. Because then I just didn't keep any foods in the house to be temptations.

I am going to finish reading a book I got a while back called the Hormone Diet, which is about eating to try and match the natural rhythms of the body, and trying to balance the endocrine system. I think eating with great intention might help me lose the weight, and also could be a bonus and help me be more fertile when the time comes. Plus, now that I'm hopefully done bleeding so much I can't leave the house, I will actually be able to get back on my gym schedule. This summer I have big plans - dog walks at least once (maybe twice) a day for a mile, yoga to get my body going, and gym at least 3 times a week. (I have a secret plot to start dragging Wayne to the gym as well, because I need him to help me with the weight training part - because you have to do more than just aerobics to lose weight).

Matthew 9: 20-22

20Just then a woman who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak. 21She said to herself, “If I only touch his cloak, I will be healed.”

22Jesus turned and saw her. “Take heart, daughter,” he said, “your faith has healed you.” And the woman was healed from that moment. 

Matthew 17: 20

²⁰ He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”