A much better day

Seems the transdermal patch is delivering just about the right amount of fentanyl to keep the pain away almost 100% of the time. And, Mary's stomach is a bit touchy but the various nausea meds are keeping that on an even keel. She has been eating all day (grazing as its called) and the food has stayed with her. That is quite an improvement over the past three days. Her energy level is still low but she is far better than the past couple of days. The patch seems to be doing the job!

The PET/CT scan is set for tomorrow (Thursday the 3rd) at the end of the day. This could be tough as they do not want her to eat for 8 hours and we'll see if she can really do that given today was a grazing day. Thanks to Bill for volunteering to take her there. Given she is on a pretty powerful narcotic, we don't think she should be driving.

On the assumption that the Thursday scan is successful, we should learn a bit more about the likely diagnosis for the source of the back pain when Mary sees the surgeon for another follow up on Friday. The surgeon follow up is for the recent bloating (about 10 days ago) that is now gone given Mary is taking diuretics again. Thanks to MaryR for driving duties Friday.

Finally, Mary has another visit with the Oncologist a week from now on Thursday. At that time we should learn if they have decided this is a form of cancer or if they refer her to the orthopods and pain docs. If it is a cancer, the immediate action would be further radiation therapy. If it is a not, we'll have to wait and see. Thanks to Terry for driving on Thursday.