Monday, December 3, 2012

Regular checkup with primary care physician

Today was Marshall's regularly scheduled visit to his primary care physician (he sees Dr. Bliss after every visit to the Cancer Center just to keep the doctor current on Marshall's care).

The oncologist had told us to ask Dr. Bliss about this weird skin pain that Marshall has on his abdomen that won't go away (I originally tried to blame it on a possible case of shingles, but that has been ruled out).  Dr. Bliss was at a loss but thought it could possibly be a diabetic neuropathy thing due to the diabetes.  He prescribed a topical treatment -- I think he said it was a steroid treatment --that Marshall needs to try for two weeks to see if it helps.  If it doesn't help, we will try something else.

Marshall's arthritis has been acting up more than usual, but that's another side effect of the hormone therapy treatment he's getting.

We've been getting a short walk in every morning and some stretching, so all in all, things are really good!

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