Wednesday, March 8th mom met with Dr. Schwartz. He said that her throat is healing well and would like to monitor her every couple months for the next few years starting after the completion of treatment.
Today, March 9th mom met with Dr. Manaloto. She too noted how well mom’s throat is healing. She gave her some suggestions about staying healthy through treatment. These ideas include: avoid eating raw vegetable, adjusting diabetes medicine to prevent severe drops in blood sugar levels as eating become difficult, washing raw fruit very well and then peeling it and be sure to get plenty of sleep. She also had the results of the PET scan. It appears that the cancer has not spread; a copy (or link) will hopefully be attached to this post soon. As a side note the husband of mom’s friend was the radiologist who read the scan.
After a quick lunch at mom’s favorite Chinese Restaurant, before eating is too difficult, we headed over to the Cancer Center for the first radiation treatment. Michelle, mom’s infusion nurse, gave her the ethyol injection in her stomach and cleaned around the PEG tube. Michelle is great and a wealth of information. Unfortunately the chemo scheduling nurse did not have mom’s treatments and doctor appointments completely figured out yet, but should have a calendar ready for her tomorrow. We then walked over to the radiation lab. Mom got changed and waited to be called back while I worked on the puzzle in the public waiting room and talked to Karen on the phone. Before I knew it mom was done. Apart from the mask fitting a little snug again she said it was painless. I really wish it was going to be that easy every time.
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