Monday, September 21, 2009

My dear friends,

The oncologist entered the exam room holding my thick chart and shaking her head.

"This is not good," she said.

My heart sank.

"What? What did you find?" I asked, in a panic.

"You haven't seen me in a year!"

"You scared me! DON'T DO THAT!" I replied.

After going over the standard medical questions, we discussed my continuing arm pain, for which she has prescribed a morphine patch and Vicoprofen, a vicoden/ibuprofen combination. She was not pleased that the nurse had prescribed so much Tylenol 3 (and 4) for which she scolded the nurse later.

The oncologist did, however, refer to me as "a miracle."

I will be scheduled for my routine bone scan, heart test, and chest X-ray so please pray for me.

I see the neurologist on the 30th and we will discuss options to hopefully solve my arm pain, which continues in both arms. The pain was so bad this weekend that I went to bed Sunday morning at 4 a.m., although the next day was a little better. I attribute this to tension about my upcoming visit to the oncologist.

That's about it for now... thanks again to Mark for being my typist.

Love,
Jeanette