Met my brother at the cancer center this morning. He had already had his labs and was waiting to see the Medical Oncologist. I was just in time. The doctor was very encouraging and said that my brother was progressing nicely. His labs were fine. He has been using his tube for feeding and for liquid magnesium and potassium. He also said that he would only have to have 3 chemo treatments and not 4 as he was originally told by the Radiation Oncologist. That is good news.
He told the doctor that he gets dizzy and weak easily and that is probably from the low blood pressure he had been experiencing lately. He is still not ingesting enough water and is dehydrated again. So today he will be getting lots of fluids and chemo as well.
I stayed with him for about an hour then came home. He is in a private room today as he will be doing a tube feeding at noon. He is no longer swallowing food due to the taste buds being affected by the radiation.
Tomorrow he will be seeing his heart doctor and ask about his low blood pressure. He then will be back at the cancer center for more fluids.
Today he had his 20th radiation treatment out of 35.
Great to hear that there will be one less chemo! ;->
ReplyDeleteVirtual hugs,
Judie