Two years ago today I got the call from my doctor that I had breast cancer. I also started this blog on that day. Today I am health and life is back to normal. I do take Tamoxifen everyday but that has become normal for me like taking my daily vitamins.
I have started the process of testing to find out how the cancer treatment affected my fertility. This whole getting cancer thing put a big damper on my 5 year plan I made a few years ago - I believe I was 34 when I made it... it was right after my divorce was final. One thing in the 5 year plan was to have a kid. My oncologist wants me to wait until I have been taking Tamoxifen for two years before getting off of it to get pregnant, but I don't want to wait that long to find out if it's even possible for me to do so. I still have about 8 more months until it's been two years since I started on the Tamoxifen, but I wanted to be informed so I can make other decisions about my treatment like switching off Tamoxifen to a stronger drug that will put me in menopause. That is a big decision and I want to be as informed about my body as possible before making it. There are also other factors like my age... I'll be 39 in two months... and we all know the older you get, the hard it is to conceive. I also don't have a man right now so that is a factor in the whole thing as well... who knows what this situation will be when it's actually time to make things happen so deciding whether I am going to "the bank" or not will happen later.
This has been an emotional week with Trump winning the Presidency. He brings out so much hate in people and I am really afraid for anyone that is not a healthy, wealthy, straight, white male. He talks of getting rid of Obamacare which has allowed so many people with pre-existing conditions to finally get medical coverage on their own. I am glad I have insurance through my job but no job is guaranteed to be around forever, no company is guaranteed to be around forever and if I find myself with out a job that offers insurance I have a pre-existing condition (thanks cancer) and I need insurance. The ONLY glimmer of hope is that I saw a news report with Trump saying he will keep the part of Obamacare that guarantees coverage for people with pre-existing conditions. Whether he sticks to that, we shall see... he is two faced and keeps changing his stance on things.
