December Medical Update

The last few weeks have been a whirlwind with doctors. Overall, things are stable with me. 

The cancer is relatively stable. There is evidence of small growth but it is within the margins. I continue to ask and stay on top of them because while it is tiny, I know this is a slow growing cancer so we will most likely not see big growth but I do not want to be blindsided ignoring the small growth. 

The kidney stone is still there but it has not grown or moved. The doctor increased my medications and added a new one. 

The lungs are causing lots of coughing and shortness of breath. Palliative care added a new medicine, which is the first thing that has helped my coughing in three years. Pulmonary is trying to get oxygen approved by the insurance to see if that will help.  

The diabetes is starting to be elevated.  It has been slowly ticking up this year. I am working to get that number down. I am on two steroids, which I think are contributing to this. Additionally, antibiotics can also impact the numbers.

The infection is still under control with the two antibiotics. I come off antibiotics at the end of next week so we will see. I am concerned because my blood work has shown elevated white counts  the last few draws but no one seems to worry about it. My most recent blood work also showed a decreased red blood count. I am very fatigued but there are several factors that could be contributing to that so we are just watching everything closely.

I will not lie that mom and I are anxious to come off the antibiotics but we will just take it one day at a time. Meanwhile, the cats are taking good care of me. They do not leave a lot of room for me in the chair but I am bendy so it works:

For tonight . . . I'm just sayin' XOXO