Gary had a catheter put into his stomach on Friday, June 3rd, so that we can drain his stomach here at home when needed. We had to take him to the emergency room last Sunday to have fluid removed for the third time, so Dr Leo decided to have the catheter installed to make it easier on Gary to remove the fluids. This is just a temporary situation for now until we go to St Louis for testing. He has one more chemo treatment on June 8th, then all his treatments will be over for now. He should start feeling better the end of next week after recovering from the last chemo treatment.
His weight is holding at 160 lbs and has been there for the last couple of months or more. He no longer has to take insulin or potassium. His tumor marker is down to 47 which is close to normal. There is no cancer in the fluid in his stomach. His other organs are all showing good responses. He has a good appetite, but his taste is still off and will be until after chemo is over. To show how optimistic he is, he renewed his driver's license for 6 years!!!
He will definitely have to have an operation to fix the blockage in his stomach, but until they know if the tumor is pulling away from the artery, we will not know what his options are.
Will post again after June 23rd when we find out the results of his CT scan in St Louis.
Jannis
