So dad had a good weekend, after all the bad news... He's a strong man! He was in a lot of pain, his shoulder has been bothering him for sometime... I forgot to mention in the last post that hes had two surgeries in his back- called kyphoplasty.
Kyphoplasty is a medical procedure that attempts to stop the pain caused by the bone fracture and attempts to restore the height and angle of kyphosis of a fractured vertebra (of certain types), followed by its stabilization using injected bone filler material.
This has reduced his pain to a certain level and in certain parts of the spine and back. His new pain is on his right shoulder blade and around the blade. Its a very sharp pain, he cannot stand up when it hits hard, but its a pain that comes and goes... Doctors have taken x-rays and seen no fractures, so for the time being he's just taking methadone and tramadol everyday to cope with the pain.
Tomorrow he goes to the hospital to get his new chemotherapy. We are nervous but I believe this will work very well for him and we will kill those naughty cells...
"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. Matthew 7:7.
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