Round 9 Week 2 Day 1

~ Debra Mesecke

Dont throw the towel in….no matter what

That’s what Apollo said to Rocky b4 fighting Ivan Drago. Well I have to live by that motto.

Last week I had to cancel two social engagements and spent the entire weekend on the couch. Don’t feel much better for it, but got a whole binge season of The Goldbergs in which I thoroughly enjoyed. And would u know it, a friend who somehow always knows when I need a visit, does an impromptu pop in and makes me feel better. Luv ya guts Cheryl, you are such a treasure. Can’t wait to be stuck on a ship with you for 10 days.

Today I got the results of my 3hr scan last week. There does seem to be a benign tumour on the parathyroid, which will need to be removed in due course. More tests to confirm but these can wait till after my breast surgery. To remove the thyroid will be a lengthy 6-8 hr operation. The way Vy sold it to me is this. Normally elevated calcium blood levels can indicate another cancer. By finding a benign tumour attached is great news as it means no cancer (although could become malignant if left). So it will be something to consider potentially when port removed around November. This may or may not delay reconstruction… Another very long operation. So we’ll just wait and see.

My itchy arms are a paclataxel reaction and I now have cortisone cream for (I actually diagnosed myself for this and the treatment b4 the Dr even suggested it…seriously missed my calling)

I have had this thing in my eye for 2 weeks which I have thought is sleep which I could not remove. Turns out its a sty and I need to warm compress it.

My packataxel remains reduced from 150ml to 110ml. My blood calcium is normal today, my blood count today is 98. My white cell count is up (73) today which does not surprise me as I feel a bit of a sore throat and teeny tiny cough coming on. I can hopefully keep that at bay.

All I want is to be able to make Never Ending 80’s Friday night.

Happy days xx

Published by Debra Mesecke

I was 21 and I was planning a wedding, buying a house and had a job interview for the job of my dreams on my 22nd birthday.  You see I was being made redundant and had to find a new job by August.  Especially with the new mortgage now.  It was April.  I worked for CML and my new job was a done deal.  All I needed was a medical.  And with that, just like that....my life was turned upside down and I was diagnosed with CML, ha ha, I know the irony.  My hematologist had a laugh at that too.  I had Chronic Myeloid Leukeamia, which was normally reserved for 70 year old men.  Quite rare for a young adult to get, so how would they treat it?  I underwent two separate trials until finally it was decided my best chance of survival (all be it only 50% chance), would be a MUD BMT (matched unrelated bone marrow transplant), now known as VUD Allograt (volunteer unrelated donor).  I was told 21 years ago the chance of finding a match was 1 in 20,000 (and that is everyone was on the bone marrow donor registry).  Scary odds. So being the risk taker I am I said "go for it".  They found a match and that was my first miracle in this journey.  The second miracle was, it worked - new blood type, two different DNA profiles and the miracle of medicine was reborn inside me.  The third miracle is my son.  25 years on, I now face a new challenge.  Breast Cancer.  Certainly not the first person to have cancer, to have invasive ductile cancer, hormone receptive and HER2 +, or to even have a dual diagnosis.  But this is not another Webiste about a cancer survivor, this is just my excuse to finally publicly write.  Along the way I  am hoping I can share some insights I have learnt over the years and at the same time, give you a good belly laugh.

2 thoughts on “Round 9 Week 2 Day 1”

  1. Love ya right back. Always be right beside you – or if necessary behind you as we push forward with beating this crap cancer into the ground. xxxx

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