Lots of doctor's visits, so little time.

This week has been a long, doctor's visit filled week. Dad finished his antibiotics on Monday and then started chemo again. In the meantime he has been in and out of different doctor's offices. The infectious disease doc wanted to see him again- nothing new to report. The neurologist wanted to see him to talk about his numbness and tingling in his legs and feet. It isn't nerve compression- but because of the Velcade he's getting. They are also tentatively scheduling his bypass for Feb 12th. Then that should put his transplant 4-6 weeks after this.

Today he had the second of 4 doses of this last round of chemo. Everything again went well. As long as we can get through this last round without any complications or infections, we should be able to proceed with the bypass.

In the meantime, they are trying to manage the intermittent pain Dad is experiencing with as little pain medication as possible. If it gets any worse, they are talking of adding a new medication- cymbalta. Most of you have seen the TV ad's for depression, but they also use it as an adjunct pain medication. Hopefully they won't have to go to this, one less pill to take, but if so they at least have a game plan.