Mama is better

Mama's surgery (mastectomy) was 8 weeks ago, and she's feeling much better. Her only complaint is that her clothes don't fit, since her two breasts are so drastically different in size. She won't buy a breast form or prosthesis (too much money, she says). Her doctor says he will perform surgery to reduce her other breast next year on her birthday (which is about a year from the mastectomy). Mama has no other complaints, though, and of course we totally understand her dissatisfaction with the way her clothes fit.

But in every other way, Mama is very happy now. She feels much better and has more energy than before. She can see better, and the roaring in her ears has gone away, so she can hear better. She is enjoying quilting again. Mama accredits all of these physical improvements to the estrogen pill she is taking to treat osteoporosis. She has also been taking daily injections for osteoporosis. Her doctor says her bones are really "crumbly".

Since the surgery, Mama takes a cancer pill once a month. The purpose of the pill is to stop the growth and even shrink the growth of cancers that may already be present in her body. Starting in October, Mama will receive monthly infusions, but Frances and I aren't sure whether the infusions treat the cancer or osteoporosis.