Doc appt. today. One more drain out, one to go. Finally got the MCT oil and the Breeze in today. Doc upped the steroid dosage. Contact dermatitis almost gone, eye is looking much better. The chyle has changed color and so we are pushing this diet until Friday when hopefully the last drain will come out and the staples out. What a fiasco! Mike is feeling much better at this point so that's good. He has a "bruised" facial nerve which is causing some pulling of his mouth but other than that, much better today than Friday. I don't begin to understand all this - but it was amazing to watch this fluid change color after he ate as little as 10 grams of fat in his supper. Go figure. Hope no one else has to put up with this complication!
CG to H with SCC BOT T4N2cM0 dx 12/19/08, teeth removed pre-tx; Erbitux & RT-done 3/12/09, PEG 2/9/09-7/14/09; ND 6/16. Pet 6/12-no mets except lymph node in neck removed on 6/16. Chyle leak,2nd surg to repair. Dilate esophagus 4/15/10. Clear PET 12/17/10
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