Over the past week, Jerry has been doing MUCH better. Jerry has been bringing other foods back into his diet and seems to be digesting it without problems. He is still being careful what he eats, but at least is eating more than B(ananas), R(ice), A(pplesauce), T(oast). Jerry is still on the vancomycin. Thank you all for your concerns, thoughts and prayers. Next week, Jerry and I go to his next oncologist appointment. Hopefully, the Colitus is under control and will not come back.
This week, Jerry also visited his ENT physician and continues to have a blocked sinus. He has a follow-up appointment in two weeks, where they will probably do a procedure to un-block the sinus. The ENT and Oncologist will need to coordinate him stopping some of the medication that he is currently taking prior to the procedure.
Jerry also had a routine teeth cleaning appointment, with the dentist. Evidently, a lot of tarter is building up on his teeth and he will be scheduled for routine teeth cleaning every 3 months, instead of every 6 months. The dentist also discovered, the following:
Resorption: The process of losing substance. Bone, when it is remodeled (reshaped), undergoes both new formation and resorption. The cell responsible for the resorption of bone is called an osteoclast.
This will require that the tooth be pulled, because the dentist is unable to do a root canal or to save the tooth. This will also require Jerry's oncologist and dentist to coordinate the medication before this procedure can be done. At this time, we do not have a time frame for this to be done.
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