Tuesday, July 22nd 2014
Yesterday, mom said she didn't feel well and decided not to go for her appointments at CTCA. The schedule for yesterday was a full load including her next Chemotherapy Treatment and now the entire schedule has to be reworked.
Dad and I spoke with Dr. Gullett, mom's Radiologist, in the lobby about mom's progress. Dr. Gullett and Kathy McLaine are two of the nicest people I have ever met. She and Kathy corrected the insurance issues regarding mom's Fentanyl patches so she can start back using the long lasting Duragesic. She is to be on 37.5 micrograms of Fentanly now. Her attitude is a lot better and she is less irritable when she has the patches.
You can really tell she desperately wants to eat because she continues to try every time we go out or eat at the cafeteria. Her tongue is still raw from the treatments and nothing is really providing relief at this point in the process. We have our weekly meeting with Dr. Gullett and her team tomorrow as well as her nurse assessment and blood draw so hopefully everything continues to go well. Graduation from Radiation is just a couple of weeks away!
