champagne to celebrate!

Thank goodness after some wobbles today - three calls to the medical aid the 'auth' lady at the oncology centre saying: "How good are you at praying? I think they're going to ask for something else... (yesterday she had been speaking about how maybe they needed a marker to show that I don't have cancer in my body - not sure exactly how one gets that marker....) - I got authorisation of my herceptin treatments at 13:06 today. Phew!! What a relief!
Going tomorrow at 10.30am (wanted to go straight away but for some reason involving needing a script and how The Tango Man would get annoyed at ... whatever, I agreed to go tomorrow.
Had delicious sparkling wine to celebrate over lunch with my dad and my sister. Pierre Jourdan Belle Rose or something like that, and immediately went out (there was a bottle store on my way out the centre) and bought a bottle on my way to the car. Plus a top brandy and a top tequila to celebrate. Was about to spend an absolute fortune on ensuring I could have the treatment this week, so what is some money on being extravagant?
Cannot believe how desperate I was to have the herceptin. Well, I can believe it. I don't want my cancer to come back and this is one way of helping it stay far far away.

still waiting for the auth

Damn. Still waiting for the auth, as they call authorisation at the oncology centre. Getting anxious. They had better authorise it. If not, the total cost is R220000 which is astronomical. No way I could access that kind of money. And I am halfway through my Herceptin treatment. Want it. Oh I know I bitch and moan about the side effects but I desperately want it. Want to have to help prevent the cancer returning. Tomorrow morning is my cut off. If it's not authorised then gonna borrow the money needed to have it hopefully on wednesday. Then will have three weeks to deal with the medical aid to get the auth.

sleepy.....zzzz.....

Have had a very busy weekend and tired now. Last night came back at 3am, the night before at 1.45 and although have relaxed today, have still not read a word in any book. Announced at bookclub on Saturday that had not read anything since the previous meeting, but don't want to do that again. Funny thing: am loving the book I am reading - A Wild Herb Soup by Emilie Carles - just read very little at a time.Plus the print is teeeeeeeeeny, so even if you read a lot, it's only three pages...

Five more radiation sessions to go and discovering I made an error with the bras: bought cotton bras but not all are sports bras. Need sports bras as in no seams and no metal bits. Breast is a little swollen and a little sore now from the treatment. And a little red. All just a little, thank goodness.

Oh and sorted out the R17 000 bill. Well, the oncology centre did. It was an error: the medical aid did not read a code correctly. So went on a shopping spree instead. Did not spend R17 000 but had fun: two skirts, an indulgently exquisite thick scarf, three t-shirts and a bag.