A Doctors"Love"

Dr..David Park has been our Gastroenterologist since we moved from Illinois to Texas in 2002. Dr. Skokie suggested we contact him for his " expert " opinion on the last CT Scan findings.

When he walked ,this morning, into the Exam room at his rooms near the hospital he cried!
Powerful, to say the least!

He explained that the blockage in GSB's bile duct was causing the enlargement of her gall bladder.
He recommended an MRI to verify how bad that blockage was; early next week?

His testimony as we started to leave was so "Powerful". I paraphrase:_

                   "Gisela we are all on a journey. NONE of us knows how much more of the earthly            part we have to live ---could be this week (!) ;maybe this month (!!) possibly this    year.or maybe TEN more years. Enjoy your time NOW! Take the pain medicine. Eternity is ahead------NO MORE PAIN!

They hugged. Wow. So much for Doctors being non-emotional with their patients.

A BAD month or more!

It has been some time since I updated the blog.On October the 17th the Oncologist, Dr. C Stokoe, decided against the scheduled CHEMO as Gisela's kidneys were showing signs of " distress ".... ...She was given an fusion of IRON and medicine to help with the nausea. That was repeated another two times in the next week!
Then she had a CT Scan to check the Brain and the lower abdomen.
The ONLY good news was there was NO trace of Cancer in the Brain. However the "BAD NEWS" offset that.
The mesothelioma in her "Pleural Cavity" has GROWN! Her lymph nodes (in her chest ) have also become "activated". Her liver has three (3) spots on it and her Gall Bladder is extended---enlarged!
Tomorrow we go to Dr.David Park who has been our Gastroentilogist since we moved to Texas in 2002. Possibly the intense pain she has, which is CONSTANT, is caused by this "new" problem.
Gisela is so "upbeat" and although I do NOT have her physical pain the mental anguish is really getting me down.