Well we went to the doc office yesterday, had Eric's blood work done and had a visit with the oncologist. He explained that he wanted to order a scan for Eric's brain too. Once your tumor markers hit around 40,000 it starts to raise concern that the cancer could possibly be in the brain. The oncologist prefered having an MRI done vs the CT scan that the urologist ordered. So we decided to cancel the CT scan cause they couldn't change the type of test for us, and the oncologist ordered an MRI which is set for next Tuesday. His blood work all looked good, and they were able to take a look at his throat. He has started to get white bumps all over the back of his throat. They put him on an antibiotic and gave him some mouth wash to help with the infection and pain. Eric recieved a new nick name "gagger" from the nurse Sherry. She is a real sweetie, and we always get a good laugh working with her. Eric doesn't do well with getting his throat swabbed so needless to say that is where they came up with gagger! :)
We went back to the doc again today for chemo. Everything was quick today, they just had to give him the bleomycin so it took about an hour and we were through. We got home, ate some dinner, and he is now upstairs sleeping! He has been a trooper this week, he went to work early yesterday morning, and went back after the appt to finish up the day. He woke up early again this morning and went to work for part of the day before it was time to head to the doc again. He is really handling things well.
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