The current mix of meds is doing the job of keeping Lisa's pain under control without making her groggy. However, we are now in the weekend and she can't get the infusions of morphine, zophran, decadron and saline that she got every day this week at the cancer center, so we have tablet equivalents to use. We have some flexibility in the dosing and need to figure out what's going to work best.
Regarding my comments yesterday about Hospice care, I found out that there are 16 different Hospice providers licensed in our area, so hopefully we can find a suitable one that doesn't have the restriction.
This afternoon we were able to talk with the Radiation Oncologist that worked with Lisa previously, and he is "cautiously optimistic" that radiation could be used to provide some short-term relief and improved quality-of-life by reducing the tumor constricting the vessels around the upper part of the heart. Lisa will be going for additional scans this coming week so that they can evaluate that further, looking at potential treatment starting the week following.
Regarding my comments yesterday about Hospice care, I found out that there are 16 different Hospice providers licensed in our area, so hopefully we can find a suitable one that doesn't have the restriction.
This afternoon we were able to talk with the Radiation Oncologist that worked with Lisa previously, and he is "cautiously optimistic" that radiation could be used to provide some short-term relief and improved quality-of-life by reducing the tumor constricting the vessels around the upper part of the heart. Lisa will be going for additional scans this coming week so that they can evaluate that further, looking at potential treatment starting the week following.
