Swallowing is
downright painful now.
I went to UW
Health and saw Dr. Pophali today, and she smiled. Normally she is very stoic. I asked if she had quintuplets, "One"
she said. She was back this week from
her paternity leave.
She said my
latest MRI showed increased cancer activity in the lower portion of the
brain. That may explain why why I am
struggling with names, words, and thinking in general.
She said the loss
of strength on my right side is not muscular, but nerve damage. I should continue to exercise it -- she will recommend
setting me up with physical therapy -- but I may never see improvement.
She also said
they may have a drug onboard in as little as a week (Dr. Kenkre thought it
would be months), but the side effects, especially with the CNS involvement, are
unknown. This drug is not meant for what
we are doing. They worry about a
coma. I would not find that a bad way to
go.
I am more upbeat
than I was this morning, but death is very close.
This was an
eleven and a half hour trip to and from the hospital in handcuffs and
shackles. My seventh such trip in
fourteen days. That is just way too much
time in handcuffs and shackles.
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