The outing Tuesday through beautiful Bennett Valley on these gorgeous sunny days we're experiencing was to my cardiologist, Dr. Sanjay Dhar. I was there on Friday for an Echocardiogram to check the condition of my heart and get a baseline before chemotherapy treatment. At the time, Dr. Halpern, who performed the Echo said it looked like my EF (Ejection Fraction) was pretty much unchanged at 40% from the Echo performed at Stanford in July 2015.
The official written report from Dr. Dhar confirmed an EF of 40%. He checked my heart and everything seems to be just fine. When I explained to him I was told that the chemo drugs I would be given were heart safe, he replied, "Nothing is heart safe". And then followed up to say they will be following me very closely during my treatment and I would see him again in six weeks, rather than the usual 4-6 months. So this made me very pleased.
Then I splurged and stopped by Costco to pick up a Vitamix blender for us. I've heard wonderful things about the Vitamix, and have used my daughter's several times. So I am very excited with our new gadget, although I haven't used it too much yet. I think I'll take a couple of smoothies with us to chemo tomorrow for a snack.
Please continue to keep me in your thoughts and prayers.
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Debbie... aka the cancer & cardiomyopathy FIGHTER!!!
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