Steve met with Dr. Chen today. Again, she is quite pleased (and surprised) at how well Steve is doing. She's had patients that had to be hospitalized with the same condition.
Good news/bad news
1st the good news - Dr. C doesn't need to see Steve for 3 weeks.
Bad news - she said he may have his feeding tube in for 4 more months and hopefully able to enjoy holiday meals. Steve just shook his head no. She mentioned she had one patient (40 yr old man) that kept his feeding tube in for a year because it was more like a security blanket. He was afraid if it was taken out he would lose weight.
He gained a couple of pounds since Friday, so he's only down 33!!
Steve has a visit Friday with Dr. Neuschatz (radiation oncologist).
Take care.
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