It's been almost 2 months since I wrote anything. A lot has happened in that time.
Paul has continued to lose weight - so far 80 pounds since October. Dr. has ordered several tests, etc. to try and figure out the cause. He's seen a kidney specialist, internist, neurologist.... he's had a colonoscopy and scope; lots of blood work done and lots of Dr visits. The kidney specialist (bless his heart - said with a sarcastic tone) said the ct and ultrasound of Paul's kidney showed a tumor. I talked ot him and asked what he suspected the tumor was. He was "if it's a tumor, we call it cancer. If it's cancer, it's a tumor". So I flat out asked - are you saying he has kidney cancer. His response was "yes" and said we needed to have an ultrasound and ct of Paul's liver. We went back to our primary Dr before the liver tests ... he was FURIOUS that the specialist would make a determination like that without having any physical proof. So, the day of the ct and ultrasound, the Dr of Radiology came in to talk to Paul. He said there was nothing in his kidney and a simple cyst or two in his liver. They would not do surgery on that cyst. We were so happy with that news, we couldn't believe the weight that was off our shoulders.
Sarah and Nathan were coming home for Memorial Day weekend, so Sarah was here for the Dr visits and test results. That was so nice to have that news with her here.
All the kids were here for the weekend and we had an amazing time. We spent the whole time as a whole family. We went to a park in Bay City that had a great kids play place. We took tons of pictures and had so much fun. We made great memories that day!
Our primary Dr said he wasn't satisfied with the weight loss and not figuring out what's causing the problem. He also said Paul's anemic, so he wanted us to go see an oncologist/hematologist because of the anemia. We saw that Dr this morning and he is wanting lots of tests run, including a ct of Paul's chest. Paul's had a raspy voice the last couple of weeks, so tomorrow we're going to an ENT to see if there's something there causing any of the problems. The oncologist didn't say anything about the anemia - he was very concerned about the weight loss.
In the meantime with all this going on, Paul's been so ready to go back to work ... he's going crazy! He does not feel released from his call to the ministry and wants so badly to be back at it. He's not feeling like his reputation is speaking for itself, but that people are letting the last two years carry more weight than the 25 previous years. So, he's been feeling disappointed and undervalued.
I was more concerned with what the oncologist didn't say that what he did. He didn't talk about anemia at all - like that wasn't even on the records as an issue. He was pretty firm that he wanted all the blood work and tests done ASAP. In less than a week, 1 test will be run and we will have visited the ENT. The ENT ... if he didn't expect it was something connected to the weight loss or possibly cancer, why would he want us to go there so quickly? If he thought the raspy voice was just because of allergies, etc., I would think he would have said that Paul should follow up with an ENT to check out the problem.
I'm very concerned at this point. I'm trying to have a positive attitude and not think the worst, but it's hard with everything else going on.
Bec is meeting with the surgeon tomorrow to biopsy the lumps she has. She's feeling uptight about that - understandably so. Rachel's not feeling well --- heat, asthma, and allergies don't go well together. Sarah is leaving Monday for Paris/Israel for 10 days.
