The Results

The results were good. There has been no change in the nodules, and the doctor says that what he was looking for.

He did drop one little bomb on us. Some time ago he had mentioned that he keeps is patients on this oral chemo drug for at least a year. Yesterday he said that Mr. Fixit will have to stay on it for the rest of his life. He also said that the nodules will never go away completely. That’s not what he had said before.

The doctor gave him a prescription for a new medication for the neuropathy in his finger tips. Mr. Fixit say that they hurt. We’ll see how that works out.

He scheduled another monthly visit and indicated another round of scans will be scheduled in four months.

All in all, it was very good news. I’m relieved, but I’m not feeling well about the nodules never disappearing and the idea that Mr. Fixit will have to take the chemo meds for the rest of his life. He is very disappointed about that. Some of the side effects are curtailing his quality of life. I suggested to him that the problems are minor, but discomfiting, when you think that this drug has prolonged his life.