Too Easy

I should just get over myself.

Psyching myself up for weeks, file folders under my arm, crib-sheets of facts at my fingertips, ready to talk enzymatic pathways and hormone methylization, I sallied forth to do battle with Dr. DaSilva.

"So do you want to change to the aromatase inhibitor?" he asked, halfway through the checkup.

"No way!" I got ready to argue my case.

"Okay," he said cheerfully, writing in my chart. "We'll keep you on the tamoxifen for five years, no problem."

It's all good news. No lumps or bumps, no sign of recurrence, healthy Pam. I have graduated to check-ups every four months instead of every three, I got the meds I wanted, and there were no arguments. Chest scan, blood tests, bone scan and annual gyn in March. I'm a free woman until then.

Today is Thanksgiving, and I have so much to be thankful for!