Friday, July 11, 2008

The appointment with the radiation oncologist went well. I would have liked to have been there, but didn't feel like dragging the kids along. Al said she didn't use the scope since the ENT will do that on Monday. She did look in his mouth and said everything looks good. She also said it looks like he is producing saliva already. She said that with most patients, the tongue depressor just sticks, but that wasn't the case with Al. She said that the Ethyol probably did work because most patients have success with just 3 weeks of it. Al got it for about 5 weeks. We'll know more in about 3 months. She also gave him a referral for the lymphadema since his case is pretty severe. She said they may be able to massage it or even drain it. We had previously been told that nothing can be done, so we'll have to check it out. And it is time to follow up with the dentist.
Well, time to get the kids ready for karate.

1 comment:

Loly said...

HI Nancy (Al & Family)
I'm sorry I have not written in a long while but it has been hectic. I am so glad to read that thinks are slowly but surely getting back to some level of normality. I think of you often...stay in touch..Loly