Dr. Dailey, MRI & Dr. Gross

Because his eye has been bothering him the past few weeks, Curt had an appointment with Dr. Roger Dailey at the Casey Eye Institute at OHSU this morning at 8 AM. We spent the night before at the Bakers in Lake Oswego. Another doctor (possibly a Resident Doctor) really checked out Curt's eyes (he even measured how much tears they produced). After that Dr. Dailey came in. He seemed very competent - mentioning articles he had written and read about concerning similar eye problems. He recommended more surgery to put in another heavier gold weight in a different position in the eye lid (I thought his latest weight was not in the right position and caused some of his problems), take a tuck on the side of the eye and anchor it with alloderm (which is holding his jaw in place now), put some enduragen (sp.?) under the eye, and tuck up his cheek some more. The surgery right now is scheduled for June 1. Dr. Dailey suggested some other eye drops and a spray too. One reason Curt's eye hurts more after reading, watching TV, etc., is that it doesn't blink when doing these. The eye does not bother him when he plays tennis.
After Dr. Dailey, we went from the Eye Institute through a maze in the basement of the main hospital to get to his MRI. That was delayed because of an emergency that came in. They did give us each $5 gift certificates to use in the cafeteria though. By the time we saw Dr. Gross, it was 2 hours late. Curt is still at 154 lbs., which is a couple pounds less than the last time. When Curt mentioned some pain above his eye and a little inside his left ear at times, Dr. Gross said he wanted to look at the MRI. He came back and said there was definitely a change that did not look good. With Curt's other symptoms of some pain, weight loss, and less energy, he thinks it is the cancer is slowly growing (he won't say for sure though and says he has been wrong before with other people). He said Curt really needs the calories (i.e. Boost, Ensure, etc.) and could go ahead with the eye surgery if he is not showing more symptoms (more pain, weight loss and lack of energy). We should go ahead with our 2 week trip to Illinois in May and keep making plans for now. We should e-mail him after our return to tell him how things are going. If things are worse, he should consider chemotherapy and postpone the surgery.