Sharon and I were off at 9am to see the Dr. Rushing, the Sarcoma specialist. His office is so organized. You walk in and they give you whatever it is you need to fill out for you visit. In my case it was to confirm all my medications and sign consent forms. Once that is done the vampire comes out and wants to suck your blood. She takes me into her dungeon and draws two viles of my lovely blood. She actually has pictures of vampires all over her room. She's a screeem, and has tats all over her body. I love her sense of humor.
After getting drained they took me and weight me, took my temperature and blood pressure. I love the fact that they know it's going to be higher than normal. I said, you guys know it's going to be higher than normal don't you. She laughed and said if this place doesn't scare you, you are in bad bad shape.
After this you are escorted to the office and sit there until the Dr. is able to see you. Today he was running about 45 minutes late. When you do get to see him, he gives you his undivided attention. He then gives you a through exam and ask you all kinds of questions about how you have felt since he saw me last.
This is the part Maura that we have to write a book about. After I told him all the problems I was having, he let me which drug caused the side effect. My biggest problem was the back ache and the flu type symptoms. He said"Oh that's from the shot that causes your blood cells to recover. You know your blood is very strong, so I don't think you will need that any more. He then explained that the ant-nausea drug caused the elevation of my blood sugar. There is a brand new drug that you can take as a pill that works quicker and doesn't raise the blood sugar reading. That's the difference between an expert, which Dr. Rushing is and the Dr. in Fort Wayne that gave me these other drugs. It's not that these other drugs don't work, it's the damn side effects that get you. I want to write a book about the NEW drugs and compare them side effect to side effect. Who should take them and when shouldn't they take them. I'm sure that if you read and could understand what the fact sheets said about each drug, you could figure it out. Who the hell has the time and the expertise to do that. they need a down to earth plain English text that would and could explain, how when and under what circumstance you should take these drugs.
Now about me, Dr. Rushing said that everything looks very positive at this point. My blood count is excellent, so no more of the shot that gave me the back ache etc. I've not had any vomiting or nausea, so they are going to use the pill rather than the medication that raised my blood sugar. After my next Chemo starting June 22 I will get another full scan and a look at the sarcoma again. If all is well I will then go for the third Chemo round. After that I have to have another Heart Muggen to make sure the heart can take the fourth and final round of Chemo. After that I have to go in for more tests and then the operation can take place about a month later. I should have the surgery sometime in Oct. Of course Sharon wants me to go on the Posse ride again sometime in late Oct. She said I could drive the Escalade if I didn't think I could ride the Harley. That's why I sold the Harley, so I would have an excuse not to try it so soon after surgery. I know Sharon loves me because she has always had my back and supported me in every crazy projects I've be in, but I always have to let her know that I'm not nearly in as good a shape as she is. She keeps up with Cate and her friends, I keep up with some of the people my own age sometimes. I can usually out think them, but out work them is another thing.
I must now show you the new look that I took with me to see the Doctor.
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