It is now 4 weeks PT (post treatment) and no real improvement to speak of. In fact, Ernie's throat and mouth seemed to get even sorer over the weekend. Suspecting another case of thrush, we returned to his primary care physician on Monday. The doctor was on the fence about the diagnosis but prescribed some antibiotics just in case. At the same time, he had Ernie put on a third pain patch to try to reduce the pain. Between the antibiotics and the patch, Ernie got some relief.
We also alerted his medical oncologist at JH to his situation. She assured us that this pain is not normal and that he should be feeling better by now. If he does not feel remarkably better tomorrow, we will go back to Baltimore next week instead of waiting for our December 20 appointment so the docs there can figure out what is going on.
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