Dr. Chui

Curt weighed about 161 lbs. and his bp was 134/84 today. He saw another Resident Doctor before seeing Dr. Chui. Curt told them about the pain in his ear (we think they already knew about that) and his mouth (caused partly by his difficulty with chewing and biting his tongue) , his tiredness, and his tingly feet and ankles. They recommended he take the oxycodone for the pain (the pain is not much better with the drops). The nurse recommended another over-the-counter stool softener/laxative to take for his oxycodone side effects. The tiredness is from the chemo and tumor. The tingly feet and ankles are also from the chemo (it can destroy muscles, and his kidneys might not be taking care of potasium and magnesium that could cause this feeling - Dr. Chui will watch this, because this could also lead to his heart stopping). Dr. Chui also thought Curt's eye was drooping more (I think so too) and wanted to restart the chemotherapy ASAP. It will be the same thing (taxotere and cisplatin). They didn't have time until next Monday, December 14. Right after Dr. Chui said he wanted to start ASAP, he left the room. Shortly after a nurse came in to help us schedule it. We had a few more questions to ask, but asked the nurse some and will ask about going to California at the end of January (one of the 3 week treatments would be right in the middle of our week at San Diego) next week. We asked about going to Illinois from December 17-28 and didn't get a direct answer. However, we are assuming that will be okay. We also don't know for sure how many more treatments he will receive (that will probably depend on several things), but they did say they would be 3 weeks apart. Hopefully we will find out more about that next week too and these treatments will help!