Results start to appear
Things are proceeding apace. I had my ninth treatment today. I am now sure that my eye has receded to its normal position, which is excellent. Dr. Kaul told me to keep using eye drops if my eye feels dry and I am doing that.
I still have some residual bruising around my eye from the biopsy surgery. The black and blue is completely gone, but there is this faint shadow of a black eye that is still there. Dr. Kaul looked at my eye and at the incision and suggested that I put vitamin E oil on it. Just stick a pin in a vitamin E capsule and squirt the oil on my skin. I started doing that yesterday. I probably should have thought of this before because I have put vitamin E on other bruises or burns.
The good news is that now I am down to 15 milligrams of prednisone without the eye starting to swell up. I have not been able to get down to this level in months without the swelling coming back. So this here radiation thing is working.
At 15 milligrams, I am having far fewer prednisone side effects. I made a large pot of beef stew last night and ate only one bowl full. If I had been on 60 milligrams of prednisone, I would have probably scarfed down three bowls.
The other good news of the day is that I ran into one of Bernie’s doctors yesterday. He asked me if I had had a flu shot yet and I said that I hadn’t. He told me to show up at his office today and he would give me one. This is the first time that I have ever had a flu shot. My arm is sore, but other than that, I feel OK.
And that is the general message of the day. I feel OK.
I still have some residual bruising around my eye from the biopsy surgery. The black and blue is completely gone, but there is this faint shadow of a black eye that is still there. Dr. Kaul looked at my eye and at the incision and suggested that I put vitamin E oil on it. Just stick a pin in a vitamin E capsule and squirt the oil on my skin. I started doing that yesterday. I probably should have thought of this before because I have put vitamin E on other bruises or burns.
The good news is that now I am down to 15 milligrams of prednisone without the eye starting to swell up. I have not been able to get down to this level in months without the swelling coming back. So this here radiation thing is working.
At 15 milligrams, I am having far fewer prednisone side effects. I made a large pot of beef stew last night and ate only one bowl full. If I had been on 60 milligrams of prednisone, I would have probably scarfed down three bowls.
The other good news of the day is that I ran into one of Bernie’s doctors yesterday. He asked me if I had had a flu shot yet and I said that I hadn’t. He told me to show up at his office today and he would give me one. This is the first time that I have ever had a flu shot. My arm is sore, but other than that, I feel OK.
And that is the general message of the day. I feel OK.
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