Appointment with Dr G, radiation oncologist, today. We discussed the skin loss on ears and back and the hearing loss. Basically we did the right thing with looking after the skin and now it looks good. Ears wise - the canals are clear and the drums are dull - I got to look too! Basically that means there is fluid in the middle ear as is common with kids after they have a cold. This causes dulled hearing and is also a radiation side effect - will resolve with time and we can try conservative treatments to open sinuses etc as well. He did say that sensorineural hearing loss is possible from radiation but would come later than this so - fingers crossed!This morning Helen woke up and said she had had "the most beautiful sleep" so that was a good start to the day. She had a visit from her friend Don T in the afternoon and I haven't yet heard how that went. Tonight she plans to go to a meditation evening with a cancer support group that have a Gawler connection.
Tomorrow is another big day with blood tests, chemotherapy, psychiatrist review.
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