So I Finally Saw the ENT and...

She told me that I'm deaf in my left ear. The good news is that despite feeling funny my right ear is fine. The other good news is that I should be able to get a hearing aid (of sorts) to help me. At the end of the appointment with the ENT, she gave me a referral to get fitted for a hearing aid. I headed over to make an appointment (all excited to get something to help)...and the first appointment they have is at the end of June (and that is just the introductory one, I wouldn't get the hearing aid for another two weeks). I told the receptionist I might cry, I was so disappointment it would take so long. I managed to hold it together, but holy shit! That is 3 months away. One of my goals for next week is to call around and see if there are other options that can get me in earlier. The only thing that makes is a little tricky is that the ENT was recommending a new fangled hearing aid for the type of hearing loss I have. This hearing aid isn't something everyone has because it was FDA approved only recently.

What else happened last week? I had the pleasure of hanging out with my sister. We ate our way around the East Bay, relaxed, walked the dog, did a little shopping and went to the city for appointments. I saw my oncologist on Tuesday - no big news there. She wrote me the prescription for Tykerb (I don't have it yet because you can't just pick that kind of drug up at the drug store, but I'll have it next week) and got me scheduled for Herceptin. Wednesday was the ENT debacle. Thursday, I had my Herceptin drip. The drip went smoothly. I have never had any significant side effects from Herceptin, until now. For now I'm blaming it on the fact that this was a loading dose and I think I was dehydrated. I had trouble sleeping Thursday night and when I got up I was sore all over. On Friday, Meg and I caught up with some of my Science Department colleagues for a drink and some macaroni and cheese. They delivered the sweetest quilt (pictured), more cards and a luxurious gift from a group of parents.

What comes next? I will start up the Tykerb at 1/3 the dose of the trial (so I'm hoping it'll feel easy, we'll see). More relaxing. Calling around to find a place that can get me in so I might be able to hear things happening on my left, before July.