I thought I would give you a brief update on my health journey since I returned home from the hospital a couple of weeks ago.
I am out of the hospital, but not out of the woods yet. My right leg is still not completely healed from the infection even though my white blood count is almost down to normal. The leg is still red, swollen and warm, but not painful. My doctor continued my antibiotics yet another week. What we don't want is for me to have to return to the hospital. I went in for an ultra-sound last week to check for blood clots again, but they did not find any. It apparently is just taking a long time to heal. I think it has improved from last week, but it's hard to say. I am supposed to stay off it and elevate it as much as possible...and rest.
I wake up with good energy each day but it lasts for only 3 hours or so and then I seem to wilt in body and mindful alertness. I have to take a long nap every day. Funny to say it but rest, rest, rest is the potion of choice, and for a person like me who wants to be on the go all the time that is a hard prescription to swallow.....but God rested too :-))
I am still inspired and compelled to call--by faith and prayer--my kidney back to life. I have not had dialysis since I left the hospital almost three weeks ago. My most recent labs indicated a creatinine level of 3.31, a filtration rate of 19, and a BUN of 36. This means that these readings are the lowest I have had in months and I am thrilled and blessed by the Lord and His People full of prayers for me. Thank you, thank you, thank you! I continue to pray over my kidney many times a day for its restoration.
This past week I met with my oncologist at MD Anderson and I had lab work done for him. He also studied the CT scans I had while in the hospital. My hospital CT scans showed that the 11 tumors are gone from my lungs except for 2 tiny leftover spots, 1 and 2 millimeters in size. They did not specifically take a CT scan of my thigh tumor, but scanned close enough to it to tell it was greatly reduced in size.
My oncologist stated that he would not do any follow-up CT scans until six months from now because my cancer had gone into such "regression" (his word). I can hardly put my joy into words!
I hope to return to work in two more weeks (May 20th) with my energy restored and with careful monitoring of my work hours and help from my great staff in the Spiritual Care Department at the hospital.
That's about it for now, friends. The faith journey continues. May you be blessed by it too.
Prayers and Smiles,
Greg
I am out of the hospital, but not out of the woods yet. My right leg is still not completely healed from the infection even though my white blood count is almost down to normal. The leg is still red, swollen and warm, but not painful. My doctor continued my antibiotics yet another week. What we don't want is for me to have to return to the hospital. I went in for an ultra-sound last week to check for blood clots again, but they did not find any. It apparently is just taking a long time to heal. I think it has improved from last week, but it's hard to say. I am supposed to stay off it and elevate it as much as possible...and rest.
I wake up with good energy each day but it lasts for only 3 hours or so and then I seem to wilt in body and mindful alertness. I have to take a long nap every day. Funny to say it but rest, rest, rest is the potion of choice, and for a person like me who wants to be on the go all the time that is a hard prescription to swallow.....but God rested too :-))
I am still inspired and compelled to call--by faith and prayer--my kidney back to life. I have not had dialysis since I left the hospital almost three weeks ago. My most recent labs indicated a creatinine level of 3.31, a filtration rate of 19, and a BUN of 36. This means that these readings are the lowest I have had in months and I am thrilled and blessed by the Lord and His People full of prayers for me. Thank you, thank you, thank you! I continue to pray over my kidney many times a day for its restoration.
This past week I met with my oncologist at MD Anderson and I had lab work done for him. He also studied the CT scans I had while in the hospital. My hospital CT scans showed that the 11 tumors are gone from my lungs except for 2 tiny leftover spots, 1 and 2 millimeters in size. They did not specifically take a CT scan of my thigh tumor, but scanned close enough to it to tell it was greatly reduced in size.
My oncologist stated that he would not do any follow-up CT scans until six months from now because my cancer had gone into such "regression" (his word). I can hardly put my joy into words!
I hope to return to work in two more weeks (May 20th) with my energy restored and with careful monitoring of my work hours and help from my great staff in the Spiritual Care Department at the hospital.
That's about it for now, friends. The faith journey continues. May you be blessed by it too.
Prayers and Smiles,
Greg
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