TGIF, and a Good Day

Last 2 days things have been improving! Saw nurse-practitioner re esophagitis drug failure, switched proton-pump inhibitor (PPI) to AcipHex for now. My current hypothesis is that rotating PPIs (Protonix, Prilosec, AcipHex) will keep them from pooping out on me. We'll see. Gut still feels weird and strangely painful at times, but the "muscle rub" phenomenon is at bay. Yay!

Bigger hooray: Saw Dr. M (colleague of Dubois) today for standard 9-days-after-chemo blood & etc. check. Not only were WBC (white blood cells) and RBC (red blood cell) counts in or nearly in the normal human range -- whereas they have every excuse for being depressed at this "nadir" point in a chemo patient -- but the ever-vanishing Mr. Potato Head (the formerly 7+ cm lymph node) is so far gone, it warranted two (count 'em, 2) "that's amazing!"s from Dr. M.

OK -- We'll take it!

Also in the hooray category: Katy saw Doc re her ongoing battle with the most recent cold, got some good advice, felt well enough to work the rest of the day Thursday and all today (Friday). The secret is volumes of salt water up the schnozz. Now, if that's not a reason to go to Hawaii and be surfers, I don't know what is.