[NEDenise]

Hey Friends!
Saw my "real" nurse practitioner today.
She decided I DO still need an antibiotic, but we agreed that a topical might be better than a systemic treatment.

So, and I think this is so cool...
she prescribed an antibiotic powder...
so I won't have to have creams or ointments making my underarms all slick and slimy.
I didn't even know such a thing existed!

Barb - I'm so glad your appointment news was good! You were due!

Laurel - you are a great audience!
As for stand up...I'd be afraid of hecklers...
no, strike that, I'd be afraid FOR hecklers if I ever did stand up...
they'd give me a hard time and I really would end up in court!
It's safer for everyone if I confine my humor to my HER2 friends.

So... I'm still on 1mg/day of the dreaded dex...
but my symptoms aren't any worse.
So far so good!
I hope on Monday I can wean to 1/2 mg/day.
Then, maybe I can get serious about losing some of this extra weight!

I realized something amazing tonight!
Last May, I had to walk from the parking lot to the high school stadium for my younger son's track meet.
I was so weak from all the steroids that I literally huffed and puffed all the way there,
and had to stop and rest a couple of times on the way.

Tonight, I had to make that same walk for my other son's Marching Band show.
No huffing or puffing at all.
No stopping to rest on the way.
No being passed on the path by a guy using a walker.
(yep, that really happened back in May!)

This time, I talked all the way there, and wasn't even winded.
A little off balance maybe... but not tired!
Now, that's what I consider a real improvement, and a good sign!

God is good!
Thanks for checking in on me!
Denise