Good to Go

Today was medical day. I had an eye appointment this morning and a followup with the surgeon this afternoon.

I have had problems with my eyes ever since I started chemo and I am unable to wear contacts for any length of time at all anymore so decided I better get checked out. I was a little concerned that my previous problem of unexplained bleeds in the retina might have returned. Fortunately not. My prescription hasn't even changed much from the last time. The biggest issue is just that chemo drys out your eyes. It dries out everything! And, therefore it becomes difficult to comfortably wear contacts. So I ordered a pair of glasses. I haven't worn glasses for years! In fact, the last pair I had, which I seldom wore, were single vision lenses so this should be a challenge. Kinda looking forward to it, though.

The surgeon removed my sutures which is such a relief. It feels much more comfortable without those. Right now the area is still really swollen but he said everything is healing well so that's good. Won't miss the Jack the Ripper look. He OK'd me to start chemo next week so here we go...

Interesting thing I didn't know...he said they found a small tumor on the left side which was also a follicular tumor. That hadn't shown up on the Ultrasound. There were several tumors on the left side but none of them appeared to be of the suspicious variety. It turned out to be benign as well but there is always the possibility of developing a malignancy so good riddance to them.

This has been a good week because other than feeling tired, I have felt really good. Have been going into work some and hope to get out a bit this weekend if the weather cooperates. I have to take advantage of this period before jumping back on the chemo roller coaster again next week. Hope you're all having a good week.

Later.