Today’s radiotherapy session was a regular one and unlike yesterday’s there was no luck in having arrived early. The patient before me was on time and I had to wait my turn. Anyway, I was in and out of the Radiotherapy Centre in 45 minutes. Arrived at 8:20am and left at 9:05am.
Today was a busy day. Had to go to Roche’s office at Tiong Bahru to exchange my gluco-meter because it was faulty and fortunately it was under warranty. They made a replacement and the new meter has a 5 year warranty on it. Don’t think that it is a good thing, Roche make most of their money from the consumables, essentially the Accu-stik (the test strip). Giving 5-years warranty ensures a captive market for their consumables.
Came home and rested a little and went to for my appointment with my surgeon at TTSH at 12:20pm. Hung around after that to arrange for an appointment with the Gastroenterologist that is in June (yup! real long time away), re-confirm my appointment for my by General Medicine Consultant who is taking care of my hypertension and hyper-cholesterol that is sort of in remission and for my diabetes. Tried to arrange for an early appointment with my Oncologist but was not able to do so but the assistant will check with him and see if I can get an earlier appointment. In any case, I will be calling the Chemotherapy Clinic at the end of next week as per my Oncologist suggestion to arrange for a blood and see if I can go in early for chemotherapy assuming that my liver had recovered sufficiently.
When I saw my surgeon, not much that he can do as I am still undergoing chemo and radio-therapy. So the appointment today was just a regular follow-up but because my surgeon specialises in Hepato-pancreaticobiliary Surgery, I asked him about my frequent motions and the oily faeces and the expression on his face plus the comments that he made tells me he knows what’s going on. Essentially, my pancreas is not releasing sufficient digestive enzymes that help to digest the fats in my food and because of the “grease” in my food, it “lubricates” the food and it gets passed through the intestine faster. It also explained why I am not gaining weight as the food was not sufficiently digested and the nutrient absorbed. I was prescribed “Creon” which is a digestive enzymes replacement. I will know how well the medication works in 1 to 2 days’ time.
Sort of a fruitful day and at least I know the reason for my frequent motion. If I did not have this appointment today, I would be continuing to suffer from the frequent motions for a few more weeks before my appointment with my Oncologist. God is good.
In God We Trust
Hebrews 11:1
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