celeni's Cancer Blog
July 10, 2008
| Third round of poison and update from Orthapedic Oncologist | Views: 1031 |
Well, Good news and not so good news.Wes went to Dr. Seigal to check on his hip…everything looked great AND the doc didnt see any other cancer lesions….Hooray! He told the doc about his shoulder seeming like it was “fused” and evidently where the tumor on his shoulder mushroomed out all of his bones are just kind of scrunched together. DOc says there is nothing they can do until he is finished with chemo. When they and do surgery they will have to rebuild or replace his shoulder blade…so in the meantime they upped the dosage on his phentanyl patch from 50 mg to 75 mg and gave hime another BIG script of morphine.
I talked to him today (he had his chemo yesterday) and is doing ok except feeling drained. Hopefully the zofram will do a good job on keeping the nausea away like it did last time.He is hoping the higher dose of the patch will keep him from having to do the morphine pills. THe morphine pills just knock him out.
Ya know, I was looking through the pics and here is one of Wes standing on my deck about a year and a half ago…this was before he shaved his mustache and certainly before the cancer.
Handsome burly devil. He may not be as burly as before…but he is still my handsome man…and his smile still melts my heart.
Third round of poison and update from Orthapedic Oncologist, 
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Sharon Traywick 
Thanks for your support -
Dear Celini; You take such wonderful pictures of your handsome dude. He really is cute even with the moustache. He is one lucky guy to have you in his life. It makes it much easier knowing someone really cares about your spirit, health and well being. You know these damn drugs can really hit you down, especially the heavy pain drugs. I guess there isn’t any choice when the pain gets too great. I have heard rumblings there are some healthy concoctions at the health food stores but you need to go to one that you trust. Alternative meds are now making a new resurgence so it might be in your interest to check it out. I don’t have any names but usually if the store has the owner there, they can help you pretty much on what you would be looking for. The new shoulder blade sounds very risky and painful. Is that his only option? My lord that is a lot to ask of someone. Could a chiropractor have some thoughts on this? or accupuncture? I always feel when the Dr.’s are recommending surgery after chemo, that you are risking a lot by doing it, unless there is absolutely NO ALTERNATIVE. Just a thought. Hope you both have a chance to do something nice together, like a Spa getaway. That always helps.
Blessings to you both. Weezie