MOVING FOWARD?

I finished my radiation and I’m told my skin looks good. (I’d hate to see what bad skin looks like). No more Shingles, either. Oh, yeah.......
My Radiation experience included blisters under my breast and then coming down with a yeast infection under my breast and then Shingles.

My Radiologist told me that I don 't complain enough. I have a high pain threshold which sometimes gets me in trouble. She would have started treating me sooner for Shingles if I Had screamed like most people. Instead I just say, "It hurts". Oh well........

I postponed my return Oncology appointment because I had come down with a bad chest congestion with cough sickness, but went a week later on May 14 because I wasn’t getting better. My regular Oncologist is still out on maternity leave, so I saw her Nurse Practitioner who I really like. She sent me for a chest xRay and I came home with a prescription of Levaquin for pneumonia. The Oncologist who is covering for mine came in to see me and told me that I was a candidate for either Tamoxifen or Arimidex. I should have asked “why” but honestly, I was so sick that all I could think about was getting something for my cough. Now I’m curious as to what he meant exactly.
Anyway, I came home with Arimidex (I’m very Postmenopausal) and was told to begin taking it when I feel better and come back a month after I begin taking it.

I had a lot of blood drawn before this visit for 3 Dr.’s (Onocogist, Radiation Oncologist & Endocrinologist). I received a message from my Endocrinologist that my TSH was a bit too high (4.03 when normal range is .40 - 4 MlU/L) & that she will continue to monitor it.

Yesterday, I received a 2nd email from her that I have a severe Vitamin D deficiency (My 25-Hydroxy D2 is <4 ; 25-Hydroxy D3 is 9 ; overall 25-hydroxy D is 9 when normal range is 25-80 mg/L). She wants me to take 50,000 units of Vitamin D, twice weekly on Monday and Thursday for 2 months, then have another blood test and see her a week after that. Should I be very concerned about this? Remember, I had Thyroid nodules biopsied before my Lumpectomy and they were not cancerous. I contacted Oncology to ask if this news affected me starting Arimidex and the Nurse Practitioner told me to still take it. Perhaps this deficiency explains why my left leg still hurts occasionally.