Joanne’s Story

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Journal entry by Joanne Nigbor

We all knew I was a fragile fragile flower right?  Turns out I have osteoporosis o top of everything else.  Can we just STOOOOOOOOOOP 🛑

So what's this one mean?  Looks like an infusion every 3 months for 2 years of Zometa.  What is that exactly?  Don't know yet....I am digging myself into another hole researching everything.  

So cancer drugs tend to deplete bone as a side effect, so they wanted a baseline.  It was a simple procedure laying down like an xray (attached a pic of that machine).  If you are under -2.5 you are '....In danger grl...' Bonus points if you know what movie that's from.  
-2.7 in hips
-4 in lumbar spine

I am a fragile fucking flower!!!!!  

And, also, $ update attached.  No big deal.  The lumpectomy day in itself was $60,526 😳
Switching to a lower deductible health care plan for next year, cuz, adulting.  

If you haven't seen yet, Friends are throwing a shin dig for me and I would really love it if EVERYONE could come.  It would really mean a lot.  Since Covid I have become a fan of my couch but now I'm kinda realizing life is short -  

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