Maintenance chemo ends with an infusion tomorrow. I will miss the camaraderie of the nursing staff at the Cache Valley Cancer Center. They have been fabulous. Then what?
Results of my semi-annual physical last week were good. My core physiology is fine. The concern of the nagging upper respiratory gombu pends. My regular physician would like to see some scan results of the upper body, including chest and head (where the damn sinuses are!). That doesn't really interfere with plans to scan the remainder of my body for cancers so I have put the word out that, instead of waiting until Aug to do this, we should do it now, in a full-body scan. Then my regular doc will decide how we proceed with the upper respiratory stuff with this additional information.
The stuff is firmly locked in my sinuses, eyes, and chest. But it is sneaky. It takes a bunch of hacking and clearing when I arise, but retreats during the day for the most part. It may return at night, particularly if I recline. Then an additional bout of coughing, hacking, and clearing occurs. Occasionally there are bouts of sneezing and what appear to be more allergy-driven itchy eyes, and hacking during the day, but not so much. My throat is dry much of the time and lately coughing during the day is not-productive of mucus. So we'll see.
I am not alone in this. A friend, and musician colleague appears to have similar symptoms. His is also resistant to anti-biotics (several courses). With his fully functioning immune system, it will be interesting to compare notes with him on his progress. When my sister-in-law appeared to have the same stuff in AZ--mea culpa for her infection--a Vitamin B shot appeared to cure her.
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