First ENT Check Up

Matt had his first follow-up with Dr. Doogie (ENT and our quarterback for all this) and everything is looking good. It was funny, when we walked in, he was blown away by how good Matt looked, and couldn't believe he hadn't lost most weight. Another affirmation of how lucky Matt ended up being with treatment.

Anyway, he did get out the dreaded scope but Matt had taken one of his happy pills so was able to get through it okay. But Matt then said he thought it was only fair that he, Matt, get to scope Doogie - ha! What a great sport - check him out as he is "about to get scoped..."

There are now 3 more follow-ups scheduled: a June one with Dr. Oa (med-oncologist, and that should be the last with her...really just making sure the chemo is done in Matt's body and his blood counts are back to normal), then a July PET scan as well as July f/up (3 months out again) with Doogie.

The mouth surgery healing still kind of sucks - the infection was pretty deep, but the check-ups with Dr. Ha have been okay and the antibiotics seem to be working so far. We definitely can tell that Matt's body/mouth is not healing as fast as pre-radiation. But slowly and surely...

So that's the update for the moment....

Scooping Out Successful

A quick update on the oral surgery: while it REALLY sucked yesterday (cutting into your jaw/gums REALLY HURTS) today is a little better says Matt. He is able to cut back a little on the painkillers and the swelling is already coming down. More next week - he has two follow-up with Dr. Ha to change the dressings and also the biopsy results should be back. No real reason to worry we think, but good to know...Check out loopy Matt (with phone/MP3 player close by) from yesterday. :-)