August Check-Up

Since I was at the Mayo in early May I have been feeling great.  No pain or lack of energy.  My jaundice has improved as my bilirubin went from 19 to 9.8.  Summer has been treating me well.  Kim and I have been to the beach/pool with Carolyn many times and she loves it about as much as I love being out and active.

My recent checkup at the Mayo went good.  Again, there were no signs of cancer.  They want me back in 3 months and want to do a PET scan.  This is pretty routine, and would be the 2nd scan in 6 months.  From the liver side, things went good there also.  I had an ERCP to removed the stents that were placed in my liver back in May.  After removing those two they decided I would benefit from putting some back in.  So, they placed 3 more stents to help bile flow better into my intestines.  They also found some small ulcers in this area and although they are not worried about them want to start me on some medication to reduce acid.  These could start to cause pain but at this point, it’s nothing to worry about.  3 more months and I’ll have to go back again and get the new stents removed.

My liver doctor called me on Friday night around 6:30 pm to give me the low-down from the procedure earlier in the day.  He is on vacation at his lake cabin but wanted to make sure I was doing ok.  I told him he shouldn’t be doing that and he said “I will enjoy my vacation better knowing that things are taken care of and you’re doing good.”  I feel so blessed to have had this guy looking after me for last 17 years, it’s ridiculous.

Thanks for checkin’ in,

Mike

Playing with Carolyn

100th Birthday

Cooling Off!!

At the Zoo

Enjoying the Pool

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~ by Mike on August 13, 2011.