On Friday, Ed had a slight sore throat and a swollen area just above his collar bone and slightly to the left of his Adam's apple that was painful. He was scheduled for his routine blood work at a different office that was closer to our RV park. His doctor wasn't at that office that day and the doctor on duty was too backed up to see him. At my insistence, we made an appointment to see his doctor on Monday.
Sunday, the throat was better but he had an earache all day. Monday, everything was better except I could still see some swelling. The doctor checked him out and said it definitely had nothing to do with his cancer, and the fact that the symptoms went away so quickly indicated it was nothing to be concerned about. Whew! I feel much better and though Ed would hate to admit it, I know he is relieved, too!
By the way, his blood work indicated that the procreate shot from last week had helped with his anemia so he got another procreate shot. If his red cell hadn't improved, he would've had to have a blood transfusion. It appears that he'll be ready for chemo this coming Friday.
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