Holding Pattern Now

Saw Dr. Tsue last week and after his regular poking, prodding and gagging he pronounced me to be progressing on track. He thought my continued swelling inside my throat was semi-typical for 8-months out from treatment. Could be better but it could also be worse.

Dry mouth is an ongoing problem. I had hoped to get into a study that KU Med is participating in but, apparently, the study is closed. So nothing to do there.

Overall, nothing much has changed recently. Local side effects in my throat and mouth continue to linger without much change and, outside my throat and mouth, I feel really good. My only other issue is still occasional fatigue, particularly if I have a project I'm working on around the house. Unfortunately I have quite a backlog of projects around the house. So they're just going a little slowly.

Weight has been pretty stable. I'm weighing in at 170 or 171 lately. That's up a bit from my 165 lb low I had early this year but I'm not exactly packing on the pounds either. I've gotten a rash of "Gawd you look skinny" type comments of late. I've been this size for 8-9 months now, though, so I'm not sure if people just noticed or what. Some have been from people I've not seen in a long time and that's understandable. But from others I don't understand.

One more lymphedema treatment then I go to one treatment every 6-weeks there. I have a dentist appointment in late August and a regular physical in late September. But no more Cancer doctors until October. Whoo-Hoo!

Barring some unexpected new development, it'll probably be a while between blog updates now. As before, I may get some wild hair and stick something out here, but otherwise no news is good news.

Until then . . .