In a Holding Pattern

We have met with the Head and Neck doctor and he is in agreement with Dr. Feldman's initial recommendation. He said that for him it is a more minor surgery than what he normally performs, but that he typically does about 100 of these procedures a year. I don't know what he was looking for but he stuck a scope far down my nose and in my throat yesterday, my Dad said that he was able to see it on the TV screen attached to the scope. The doctor asked if I had any questions and my main one was, "How soon can we get this done?" Dr. Kraus said that he would have his secretary call me in the next couple of days to schedule the procedure. He said that it would likely be scheduled in the next couple of weeks.

I also had labwork done yesterday and received a phone call from Dr. Feldman late in the day with encouraging words, my counts are all starting to come back and more than anything he was happy to see that the Creatinine number which he has been so closely watching came down again from 2.2 to 1.9. This number is a reflection of my kidney functions. Although still high it is coming more into where my initial baseline was of around 1.5.

So at this point we are waiting to get a surgery date for this lymph node removal and also the dates and times for the pre-admission testing that accompanies it.