January 3, 2012
Today Jeff went back to the oncologist. It was a very frustration visit to say the least. We wanted to talk about how bad Jeff has been feeling lately. He’s been passing out more that usual, been very weak, and had some drooping on the left side of his face. The doctor didn’t seem interested in talking about that at all. He said he wasn’t treating Jeff for that. He only wanted to know if skipping chemo for 4 weeks had helped with Jeff’s back pain. While the pain is not gone, it is a lot better. He said he should skip chemo for another 4 weeks and then come back. If the back pain has improved again, he said we could assume it is a result of chemo and Jeff should probably stop chemo. This all makes sense to me. I just expected him to care about the other stuff. When we brought up going back on disability again, he decided to send Jeff back to the Neurologist for some kind of cognitive testing. I just paid off all the other medical bills earlier this week, so of course they would suggest another specialist and more expensive tests. For some reason, we thought the oncologist would be concerned about Jeff’s overall health and not just cancer. I guess we were wrong. Jeff is thinking about looking for a new oncologist. If nothing else, he wants a second opinion before quitting chemo all together.
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