The "storm of the century" hit the mid-west hard, but here the temps right around us were just above freezing. Northern NJ and NY had some pretty nasty icing conditions during commute time, but luckily for us Pete's appointment was for 11:45, so by the time we were up in that area those temps had also risen and the roads were merely wet.
The first stop for Pete was for the blood draw, then down to radiation for the two-week follow-up.
Pete had been taking steroids for post-radiation swelling and had begun stepping down as per doctor's orders. He told the radiation oncologist about his headaches and that they had continued to worsen so he started stepping back up on the steroids and they began to lessen. Dr SF told him it was good he went back up with the dosage and to continue for a while longer on the higher dose.
From there we went up to meet with Dr R for a brief consult. Pete told him about his headaches and Dr R not only agreed that he should increase the dosage, but told him to increase it even more. He was very concerned about the headaches and told L to set up a blood test, an MRI and a follow-up appointment to go over the results, all scheduled for this Friday.
Pete's headache pain fluctuated between mild and almost unbearable during the entire time. He was feeling a bit better by dinner time this evening and had taken an increased steroid dose so hopefully that will help ease the headaches through Friday. After the MRI the doctors should have a better idea of what is actually causing them and what to do to eliminate them. Dr SF had spoken with Pete previously about the possibility of Gamma Knife if brain mets are found again.
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