Mixed news but calling it good
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Kris….not surprised you don’t feel you have much to say. I”m surprised that you can even function at all with those hours and worry. I ‘m going with “good news” also….thinking that the tiredness is due to the fact that while Mark had physical therapy, that doesn’t necessarily mean that he is back at full strength. Checking his thyroid is a good idea also…..a big cause of tiredness like this? Anti-depressants can also cause sleepiness as well….my Sis in law sleeps much of the day even without working due to her antidepressant. My bet is on the anti-depressent. The problem is that it is a side effect of many anti-depressants. I’m sure you are aware of all of this with your background.
Take care of YOU first…and be here when you need US right now. It’s a time to give back to you for all you’ve done for the others of us on here.
Miss you….and think of you often,
Julie T.Kris, what ever you have to say is always good with us. Maybe you already thought of this since I am not a Med pro but, Teddy used to get tired so easy and the ONC put him on Vitamin B12 shots once a month. really helped and I could see him getting tired again towards the end of each 4 weeks. Just thought I would mention it. Otherwise all sounds pretty good. We understand you are so busy but we do miss your input, wise one!
Hi All –
I know I have been absent off here for awhile. Things have just been crazy between work and dealing with all the other things.We were at the doc today…..3 month check up….It was mixed news. His tumor marker – CA 19-9 – was elevated but his CT scan and Chest x-ray were both clear. ONC is not super worried since it’s not really high. It’s 115 today and was at a high of 999 at time of diagnosis. It has bounced all over the place during treatment so he’s not worried. We are going to back in two months rather than three to check everything again. If the numbers trend up then he will look more for some sort or metastasis.
My only concern was that he has been so tired, even more so than when he was going through treatment. He works then comes home and sleeps then sleeps most of the weekend. He’s even napping at work on his lunch. So not like him so I have been working close to 60 hours a week….that’s not helped either….plus doing all the house stuff. So I am beat. His blood counts were all good, no anemia and liver functions were great. So we see his primary doc soon and have thyroid function tests done. I don’t think that’s been done since he started all this. If that’s not it then we are going to look at a different anti-depressant. He just finished 8 weeks of physical therapy so he is stronger….just sleeps a lot.
So I am calling it good news. There is no definitive cancer so that’s good news.
I will try to be a little more present, although I do often read what is posted, I just didn’t feel like i had a lot to say most of the time.
Love,
KrisV
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