Oncology Appointment - October 11th

Today we were suppose to first have an appointment in Ventura for the Doppler ultrasound and then proceed to his oncologist appointment. The doctor scheduled to do the Doppler ultrasound was called away to perform cryosurgery (BTW Jerry works for EndoCare, Inc. which provides the cryosurgery equipment. Also, Jerry's company is very familiar with the physician Dr. Duke Bain who will be doing the Doppler ultrasound) and our appointment had to be rescheduled for next Wednesday 10/17/07. Jerry went to his oncologist appointment... and it was a very long day. Jerry's not sure what the trouble was there but his appointment was at 2:00pm and after sitting in the room for over 2 hours waiting... he started roaming around the office and asked what the trouble was. The nurse said she was waiting for the orders. Jerry finally arrived home around 10:00pm. Thursday night into Friday Jerry's side effects were pretty normal in comparison to his other appointment. However, Friday evening Jerry started to take a turn for the worse. Jerry's tummy was gurgling and before too long, Jerry was finding himself farting pretty consistently. On Saturday morning Jerry woke me up and told me that he got very little sleep because his stomach was upset and he was farting all night long. Saturday Jerry's stomach was continuing to bother him and he was extremely fatigued. We did join Randy and Stef for dinner Saturday night, but didn't make it a late night. Sunday morning Jerry woke up still feeling poorly. He again did not get a very good nights sleep. He was miserable trying to get himself ready for church. He drug himself to church and immediately after church he said he was hungry and wanted to stop and get something to eat. Jerry acted like he hadn't eaten for weeks... he gobbled his food down before we even got home. Jerry has been telling me that he's filling hungry all the time now. Sunday afternoon, we joined Debbie and Stig to visit with Stig's daughter Malin from Sweden. We had a nice afternoon visiting with them along with other family members, but since Jerry wasn't feeling well we made it a short afternoon and left early. About the time we arrived home, Jerry was feeling very constipated and was miserable. Finally, around 10:00pm Jerry was finally able to have a bowel movement and felt somewhat better. Jerry's oncologist has ordered him to have a full body bone scan along with a CT scan of his abdomen, pelvis etc. Jerry will be scheduling these tests this week.