Monday, July 27, 2015

Added to his "Accessories"

I'm very late in my reports, but not because anything bad has happened.  

First, why the headline?  Mike now sports a cast on his right wrist/arm.  He fell about six weeks ago, and gradually complained more and more about pain in his wrist.  An x-ray, we were told, was hard to distinguish between arthritis and fracture, but they were pretty sure there were two small fractures and a damaged ligament.  Since he uses a walker, the wrist needed to be stabilized for a chance to heal.  Mike has four more weeks with it.

But he manages to "find" (or create) humor in most situations.  Last week a fly was buzzing around Mike's head, landing on his forehead.  Mike smacked it.  With his right hand.  With the cast.  Yup, a little owie.

Before chemo two weeks ago, the doctor was going over what the initial symptoms had been before the cancer diagnosis.  He mumbled something about some inconsistent symptoms, and announced Mike would get another CT scan, coming up late this week.  I'm sure we won't get results until Mike's next appointment, middle of next week (August 5).  But I PROMISE to give a more timely report this time.  

Until then, be safe our friends!