Hi,
Sorry made an error my husband's medication will go up to 100mg per day not 100g per day!!
Thanks
Hi,
Sorry made an error my husband's medication will go up to 100mg per day not 100g per day!!
Thanks
Hi everyone,
I haven't blogged for a long time so much like everyone on this page has days when I guess we don't have time. My husband is due to get his balloon kyphoplasty in a week and then in another week he is due to have another endoscopy to see if his duodenal ulcer has healed hopefully it has and then the dexamethasone can complete the mix. He has not been allowed to have the cyclophosphamide recently…
Today my husband was able to get out of bed for the first time in eight days, he had his spinal brace fitted, He could therefore sit up and then his two physio ladies came to take him through his paces with a zimmer frame, but at least he is up. Hopefully he can come home and then we can go back for the percutaneous vertebroplasty. He has started the chemo properly last night and so we have to watch and wait to see if…
My husband went for a blood test on Monday, he had a slight fall in the morning as his back was giving him such pain that he was collapsing as he walked. His consultant refused to let him go home as he couldn't walk, so he was put in a wheel chair and there he stayed until about 6.
He is sedated and on anti-biotics as he contracted a chest infection even though he didn't go into any shops on Saturday. I now realise…
Hi,
Thank you for the messages helping us along, my husband had his consultants appointment on Wednesday and the consultant was shocked by the state of his skeleton, the xray and MRI scan showed he is pitted all over like dead coral and she described it as egg shell delicacy, therefore very open to fracturing, and at least three of his vertebrae have collapsed so this coming Friday the orthopedic consultant will cement…
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