So today was the big day where I finally got to talk to my endocrinologist since taking the radiation pill in July. It was very anticlimactic after all this waiting! Basically my recent blood draw shows everything moving in the right direction and no signs of the cancer reoccurring/growing. She was happy with my blood results and said I can now push it out to 6 months for my next visit.

I stayed on my same dosage of thyroid medication since that seems to be working for me right now. Everything keeps going on this direction I will hopefully be down to only ONE meeting a year with my endocrinologist! I can't wait for only one blood draw a year- I think I've been poked enough this past year to last a lifetime. 

On a different note- I made the decision with my therapist to stop taking my antidepressant Prozac. I want to be open and honest about this journey because I know I'm not the only one who has needed an antidepressant. This is a huge milestone for me since that pill was representing how I was brushed off when I first went to the doctor and tried to explain my symptoms. I was placed on an antidepressant and basically told "eh sounds like your anxious and maybe depressed" when I was physically declining every day. I wish I would have advocated more for myself that day because maybe this journey would have been easier/quicker but I can not change the past. I'm a week out from stopping Prozac and so far I've only had a bad headache once or twice. 

I'm working on moving again and I attempted to stay working out again. I quickly was sore and tired and it was too much. So- I'm back to walking at work and at home when I can. I'm hopeful I will regain some of that stamina I lost and I can build myself back up. I still get tired and making it through my work week can be exhausting but I'm seeing a bit of my old self. Fall has always been my busy time for making things and I spent a day making tomato soup. I've made a few apple crisps and my mom comes down this week for our annual apple pie making day!

Last year at this time I was just getting back into the doctor to try and figure out why I was still so tired all the time. This year has been the hardest but now I can say I'm on the other side of the worst of it. I'm still processing everything with my amazing therapist and learning to challenge my anxious thoughts and acknowledge how far I've come. Thanks again for reading my journey- writing this has been therapeutic and makes it feel more "real" that things are looking up in my cancer journey. 

I will try to update again in February/March when I have my neck ultrasound and my next endocrinologist appt but for now I want to end this with my favorite quote lately:

"Perhaps you were made for such a time as this" Esther 4:14