Sinus Update

Back in November/December, John started feeling really sick and weird.  Some symptoms were likely from a cold but could have also been related to returning cancer. His most cancer-concerning symptom was his night sweats had returned.  Because of that, he had his scans a month earlier than planned.  The scans came back as being a really bad sinus infection and likely nothing cancer-concerning.

So he went to the ENT who did the original biopsy diagnosing his cancer.  The ENT cleaned out his nose and gave him some sinus infection nose spray confirming that it was a really bad sinus infection. (Which makes us SO grateful that he had done the sinus surgery when he did!) The medication helped a lot!  John went to his follow-up with this ENT this week to follow-up on the sinus infection.  They said it was strep in his sinuses and did a CT scan.  After the CT scan, the doctor recommended another sinus surgery and recommended doing more work than what was done during his last surgery.  Basically clearing out more of his sinuses than just the one part from the last surgery.

Right now, John has two foreign trips on his work calendar.  One of the trips is still not finalized, but the other is that he is finally going to Fiji!  Getting his visa for Fiji was what led to getting his cancer diagnosed so quickly.  His next cancer scans are in March.  So he's hoping to get back from his trips, have his scans and dr. appointments related to that (he will probably meet with his ENT oncologist, sarcoma and radiation doctors), and then do the sinus surgery.  The ENT told John that his reaction to needing a surgery was the most non-reaction the dr had ever seen.  I guess that happens when you've had 5 surgeries in less than a year and a half.

Overall John's health has come a long way!

"I expect nothing, but I hope for everything....believe in God's Goodness"--The 10 Habits of Happy Mothers, Meg Meeker, MD