Greg's Oncologist says that Greg is still cancer free.
The last scan from near six months ago was scary, it showed some damage that had not revealed itself until that last scan. This scan taken yesterday with contrast was much better. That much was such good news. The damage the last scan revealed is unchanged so that is a good sign. Jeremy (Oncologist) believes that Greg is still cancer free.
Because he would have to go off blood thinners to get another biopsy (which caused all the blood clots last time) Jeremy does not want to take that chance. We know Jeremy knows his stuff. If Cancer was causing the new damage their would have been a worsening of his condition.
We told the oncologist that Greg has fallen out of bed twice and that I have bought a bed rail for our king size bed. That seems to have solved that issue.
We told the oncologist that Greg was blind in his right eye being caused by a cataract, had the surgery to remove the cataract and lens replacement. Surgery was successful and we plan on getting the left eye done in October.
We also explained that Greg was getting a lot of leg injuries that we thought were happening because of his loss of eyesight and running into things while on his scooter. He has continued to get blood and water blisters on his legs. We showed them to Jeremy. He thinks this is being caused by Warfarin. I don't. If Jeremy is right, Greg will have to come off of Warfarin and go on Eliquis and that could cause a whole new domino effect of issues including possible blood clots when he transitions from one to the other.
Because he would have to go off blood thinners to get another biopsy (which caused all the blood clots last time) Jeremy does not want to take that chance. We know Jeremy knows his stuff. If Cancer was causing the new damage their would have been a worsening of his condition.
We told the oncologist that Greg has fallen out of bed twice and that I have bought a bed rail for our king size bed. That seems to have solved that issue.
We told the oncologist that Greg was blind in his right eye being caused by a cataract, had the surgery to remove the cataract and lens replacement. Surgery was successful and we plan on getting the left eye done in October.
We also explained that Greg was getting a lot of leg injuries that we thought were happening because of his loss of eyesight and running into things while on his scooter. He has continued to get blood and water blisters on his legs. We showed them to Jeremy. He thinks this is being caused by Warfarin. I don't. If Jeremy is right, Greg will have to come off of Warfarin and go on Eliquis and that could cause a whole new domino effect of issues including possible blood clots when he transitions from one to the other.
I think this is happening because of his Congestive Heart Failure and Vascular Issues. I think the blisters are spontaneous from those issues. Jeremy has referred Greg to a dermatologist so we will get to the bottom of this. I am sharing this photo with you so you can see what we are talking about.
All in all, it was a better appointment than I thought it would be. We can officially claim 4 and 1/2 years cancer free. Greg's eye surgeon said this to us the last time we saw him "Fix what you can and learn to live with the rest." That was probably some of the best advice we have gotten in years from any doctor. We will let you know what happens when we see the Dermatologist and if I was right or if Jeremy was right about what is causing the leg blisters.
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