The hope: my oncologist looked at my blood samples and told me that the growth had gotten smaller---a very good sign; also that my red blood cell count, which had been low since the summer, had gone up to a much healthier number. When I left the doctor's office on Monday, felt very lucky and that continued through the evening and early the next day.
The anxiety: after changing my ostomy bag, I noticed that the stoma, which it all revolves around, had a sort of bulbous extension at its bottom. I was stunned--no one training me or treating me had ever mentioned the possibility of an extension. What could it be? I called the office of the surgeon who is supervising my care, and explained it to then. I wanted a professional person to look at it---she did not want me to come to the office---insisted I send her a picture through e mail. Of course, my flip phone does not do that---luckily I found a friend who could come over with her smart phone, take my stoma's picture and send it to the nurse. But if no one had been available.....The nurse called me later and told me that the extension was not something to worry about---since I had an appointment with the nurse for Wednesday morning (today) she insisted that i wait. This left me agitated---for some reason I still wanted someone to see it. So the rest of the day was harsh.
Lots of other problems last evening---the computer's charger broke and when I woke up at 3 there was not water. Water returned soon, but.....got very little sleep after that, and finally it was time to get the Accesaride to the medical office across town.
Got there very early so I decided to walk east of Lexington Avenue to "sightsee". An interesting walk east on 77th and then back on 75th. What did I see?
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