Doug started his Pomalyst, cytoxan, prednisone treatment two weeks ago. No side effects to speak of, other than fatigue. We know that some side effects are cumulative and don't show up right away. This seems too good to be true, that he can take the pills at home - no travel, no side effects. Love it! Just hope it is effective in lowering the light chains.
Doug had glaucoma surgery on his right eye four days ago. He had had shunts in both eyes done two years ago, but those shunts plugged up and stopped working. Pressure rose to the point of causing damage to the optic nerve in the right eye. So a glaucoma specialist suggested having a different kind of shunt this time. Only one eye at a time. The last shunt placements went so easily, and we didn't expect this time to be much different. The surgeon used a nerve block in the eye, to make sure there was no involuntary eye movement. No nerve block two years ago. When Doug was wheeled back in the room post surgery, the nurse told us that Doug would have a black eye. Sure enough, he has quite a shiner. No one expected a lot of pain - but when the nerve block wore off several hours later, Doug was in a LOT of pain. Tylenol didn't do anything. We had stronger pain meds on hand, so finally got the pain under control.
When I reached the optical office by phone, the nurse had several questions, and in the end, she said Doug must have had a corneal abrasion. (Scratch on the eyeball surface.) She said that doesn't happen often. I had that 40 years ago and I remember the pain very well.
So although his eye looks awful, he feels okay now, and can see out of that eye. Just was a lot of drama for a while. Now Doug is making up stories of how he got such a big black eye.
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