The scheme I had to remind Doug to drink more - setting the timer - didn't last very long. He said it was "a pain in the a_ _". So I'm keeping quiet about it. I know he is really trying.
Doug had his eyes checked a couple days ago. The optometrist says his eye pressures are under control now, so the glaucoma is not to blame for his vision problems. His vision is fluctuating due to the cancer drugs.
After I had the YAG laser procedure, I got new lenses for my glasses and my vision is fine now. I'm very thankful!
You may remember that one of the locum oncologists gave Doug a prescription for fluconazole for his skin problem. Doug took those pills for three days before he had to stop - it made him very dizzy and nauseated. We finally saw the light and went to a dermatologist. The dermatologist took some skin scrapings and looked at them under a microscope - so she knew exactly what kind of drug to prescribe. Turns out the prescription cream he was using was not the right one and could have actually made it worse! There were too many doctors trying to help. Wish we had sought out a specialist right away.
So Doug is on two weeks of terbinafine pills. She said this drug can cause liver problems so it's not going to be a long term thing. We will go back to see her in three weeks.
We have not gotten the results yet from the latest myeloma panel which shows which direction the light chains are heading.
We have made an appointment to see the myeloma specialist in Denver, but it won't be until July 26.
This is Doug's week off of infusion; we will go back next week on the 13th.
Love to all.
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