On Thu, 27 Apr 2023 22:17:37 -0000 (UTC), pH <
wNOS...@gmail.org>
wrote:
>
> Pain killers aside, is spouse all right? (obviously not...I mean will he
> *be* all right?)
The doctors thought that the surgery got all of the melanoma, but it
being melanoma, they also prescribed radiation, which makes his leg
very sore. It's been days since he walked away from his walker.
Shortly before I picked up the medication, he told the X-ray guys that
he couldn't take any more, and they said he'd had enough.
What the practioner told me about the next step (which is like chemo,
but not the same thing) went in one ear and out the other, but I
gather that the worst side effect is fatigue.
(News in while post was cooling: The next step has been moved up
because the radiation ended sooner than expected.)
Meanwhile, I'm very nervous when not at home. I took a short ride (a
mexican grocery & the library) while he went to the radiation doctors,
and when I texted that I was on the way back, he texted back that I
should try to pick up the medication. The script had finally arrived,
but I had to wait a while for them to fill it.
Friday, 28 April 2023
He's walking a little better today.