Bruce finished radiation on Tuesday, July 22nd…so his last chemo was July 17th. He is eating better & gaining a little weight. I on the other hand have almost gained back all the weight I lost (which was 20 lbs.) I was hoping I wouldn’t gain any weight back but I seem to crave salty food & have had no problems with vomiting. I did require a blood transfusion on July 29th as my red blood cell counts have steadily dropped. Bruce has an appointment to see Dr. Percent on July 30th. We hope that at that appointment we will find out the name of the surgeon Bruce will be seeing and actually get set up with an appointment to see the surgeon.
It’s now August 26th; Bruce has now seen Dr. Goldin, who will be the surgeon. He has seen a 3rd Gastroenterologist, Dr. Joseph, whom he initially saw on June 24th & who placed a jejunostomy tube (J-tube) on June 27th (which so far Bruce has not needed to use). Bruce is to have another esophageal ultrasound as well as a repeat PET scan on August 28th before having the surgery. He will also be seeing Dr. Hotchkiss, a cardiologist on Sep. 5th. Bruce had a cryoablation done in about 2010 for Atrial Fibrillation & needs to be medically cleared by a cardiologist before surgery. The surgery will take around 4 ½ hours.
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