Big medical day today...lots of information.....
First....it was another sleep-in day with the windows and door open...but having doctors' appointments got us up earlier today.....we have met with the city and other agencies and have come up with potential solutions for the neighbor conflicts....they must have been waiting for us....and we are ready to address the conflicts with concrete solutions....good for us....we shall see how it all works when they return. ps...the solutions do not including a dog barking!
Our first stop today was Dave's Surgeon to look at the surgery done and to address some concerns. The Doctor saw some inflamed tissue and shot it with steroids to reduce the area....he also saw a hard cyst at the bottom of the surgical area and described it in some detail...that went over the tops of our heads...the bottom line is more surgery to remove it in a week...not a major deal.
Linda saw her Internist today and outlined her concerns....first...low blood pressure...to which she was taken off her blood pressure medication.....second....elevated pulse...to which her medication, reducing that, was increased. Regarding her hormones...normally there might not be a need for them after 5 years...Linda is approaching 20 years....there is an increased risk of certain health issues to take these hormones....but not to take them involves quality of life issues....so a balance has to be found...so Linda will engage in a reduction program and assess the impacts. Linda's cholesterol remains high....so she is back on the reducing medication....and see how she tolerates....it would be bad to go through all this and die of a heart attack.
The Internist responded to the breathing difficulties Linda is experiencing and attributed it to her damaged lungs from the cancer compounded by the bronchitis....the solution was to put her on an inhaler....so hopefully that will help her breathe better. Finally the internist wants to do a bone density test....which will be done in three months along with a recheck of the blood and how the medications are doing.
Whewwwwwwww....lots of stuff today. We also had a chance to go over to the Cancer Center at St. Charles and visit with the Livestrong folks as we have missed much being out of town.
Tomorrow Linda has a meeting in the morning with her local cancer support group.
That's about it.....a very productive day.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
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I'm exhausted just reading it but agree it was a very productive day. Lots of issues to be dealt with. The sheer number is daunting but, broken down, each seems manageable.
Glad your dog thing is looking (sounding?) better. We are finally under 95 degrees so had the door open tonight. After a fairly full evening serenade, our nemsis stopped just as I was putting my fingers to the keyboard to write an email. That is their preferred method of communication, you see. :rolls eyes: Overall, it's wonderful to have a cool breeze as I type this.
Love you both.
Sounds like the dog situation is getting taken care of. Like always you guys have things under control.
Think about us this weekend we are taking 12 kids out camping. I have fun games plan so hope this will keep them busy for a while. Or we will really be pulling out our hair.
Love,
Janet
I cannot belive what you guys are doing on a daily basis. I do not know that I would have the strength to continue with it all. I wish you had told me about the House and i would have come over to help you with it. You are taking on so much, like I said, it is hard for any of us to believe. God must be giving you extra strength. You are in my prayers daily. I love you both. Judy
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