10/9/24 Wednesday 

I bled for a week after my biopsy, and that was a pain in the butt, but I’m all healed up now. It’s still tender there, but that’s all. I had an MRI of my eyes on the 23rd and my optic nerve is not damaged. I see the eye specialist in Shreveport tomorrow and he will explain my options. I saw the back doctor on the 26th and got a couple of injections and got needled again. The injections helped, but the needling didn’t work so well this time. Not sure what I’m going to do about my back next.  On the 28th I went to a cancer survivor thing that the Hope Cancer Center invited me to. It was very interesting. I’m glad I went. On October 4, my surgeon at MD Anderson gave me a call and discussed having another MRI. I have a tumor that they’ve been watching , but it’s only seen on the MRI. It has been extremely slow growing in the past, and we have opted to just keep an eye on it. I could have a biopsy that’s MRI guided. It’s kind of a big deal and now that I’m on blood thinners, it makes it even worse. So, I have decided to wait until January and have another MRI and check its growth. I can decide on a biopsy at that time. I have a physical on Monday and I see my cardiologist on Tuesday. I wore a heart monitor for 10 days and they will discuss the results with me at that time. I’ll be leaving in the morning for Shreveport. David is not going with me this time. It’s 100 miles over there, so I’m going to spend the night. I have a free room at the casino, so I believe I will be able to entertain myself while I’m there.

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