Playing the waiting game & other news

Hi all, it feels like I am in a waiting area, trying to keep busy and calm while I wait for my liver to recover from my last attempt at Ribociclib. It looks like I will (hopefully) only have another 2 weeks to wait if my liver continues to improve at the current rate. I have my fingers and toes crossed!

I will also be having some new pictures (aka CT scans) done in 2 weeks. Just to check in and hopefully see some more shrinkage!

I had my first dose of the Covid vaccine last week, which made me feel extra lousy for a couple of days, but I am back to (my current) normal now. As I am under 50 I had the Pfizer dose, and the side effects I had were not unusual. I chose to have the vaccine as my oncologist encouraged it, as my medication can make me immunocompromised.

To keep busy I have been continuing to declutter, reorganise and have been playing in the garden. Thanks to my husband's awesome Aunt Pauline, plus some help from my parents in law, I now have an organic veggie garden! I currently have spinach, lettuce, peas, kale, bok choy, garlic and more. I can probably start to lightly harvest some lettuce and spinach this week!

Finally, I have pledged to Go Pink next month, wearing Pink every day of June. I don't usually wear pink, so it shall be interesting! It would be great if you too could register for a pledge or support my pledge. 😀

Until next time, my name is SJ Boehm and I am a fearless MBC warrior

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