Thursday, March 26, 2009

Thursday, March 26

The feeding tube is gone. Eating is harder than I remember it being.

There's one spot in my throat that's still got an opening that's not supposed to be there. I suspect I have another surgery coming. This one will be very minor - just a staple or 2 to close up an opening from my throat to the area of the main surgery.

Next appointment is a week from today. I'll find out then what's happening next. Radiation doesn't start until everything from the surgery is healed, and that's taking a bit longer than was expected before the surgery.

Doc is really confident he found the source in my thyroid and removed it. He even drew a picture showing how the thyroid is involved with everything that's causing me problems after the surgery.

Now that I can finally get up and get around, It looks like I'm gonna need some skis to get any exercise.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Yea Merlin! I 'm so sorry for your disconfort but so encouraged for your progress and prognosis. Please tell me if I can be of any assistance to you as you go to the next round of treatments. As always the best of wishes to you. Kraig