Met my brother at the doctor's office today. First he met with a surgeon who will be placing a port in his right shoulder. The procedure was explained to him. We informed the doctor that we want this procedure and the PEG tube to be placed at the same time. The doctor said he would communicate with the Gastro doctor and they would perform these two procedures at the same time.
Later that afternoon we met with the Gastro doctor who explained the PEG placement procedure in detail and answered all questions. He then made a phone call to the surgeon and they came up with a date for the surgery. It will be on August 2 which is also my 72nd birthday.
My brother's next doctor's appointment is on July 30th with an Oral Surgeon to evaluate his teeth and schedule surgery to remove any that are in bad shape. Then when he is healed from this he will have his first radiation and chemo treatments.
All this preparation is overwhelming to him but necessary in order to begin treatment.
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