Update on oggbashan's health

[oggbashan]

Thanks for all the thoughts and prayers. they appear to be working.

This afternoon I saw the respiratory consultant who discharged me or six months. I'm too fit for his clinic. My blood oxygen is still at 100% as it has been all the way through and none of his other patients can even dream of reaching 90%...

Now I am remission from lung cancer he sees no reason to see me except to check in six months that I haven't had a recurrence. He expects that my improvement from the symptoms of Lambert-Eaton will improve over the next two to four months and may even disappear.

This is good news. But I still face radiotherapy shortly.

 

[TarnishedPenny]

Simply awesome, sir.

And I am not in the habit of using that word lightly. I am in awe.

 

[KeithD]

Stay as isolated as possible for as long as it takes.

 

[oggbashan]

Stay as isolated as possible for as long as it takes.

With my current health state I might kick Coronavirus in the balls.

 

[yukonnights]

With my current health state I might kick Coronavirus in the balls.

Unbelievably good news Ogg. (But don't get too cocky, all you've been through has taken a toll on your immune system — please be careful. ~ )

 

[oggbashan]

Unbelievably good news Ogg. (But don't get too cocky, all you've been through has taken a toll on your immune system — please be careful. ~ )

My immune system is recovering well - thanks to garlic tablets (yeuk - I hate garlic), fruit, greek yogurt and multivitamin pills.

But I am avoiding crowds, going shopping at quiet times etc.

 

[JaxRhapsody]

Fine for the most part?

Apart from the reducing symptoms of Lambert-Eaton - unsteadiness when walking; speech difficulties and double vision - I am remarkably fit and not suffering from anything. Even the chemotherapy effects were only hair loss - nothing else. I'm supposed to have nausea and loss of appetite. We went out of a restaurant meal an hour or so after the first session and I enjoyed all of it.

With a four-wheeled walker large enough and strong enough for someone of my size (not easy - most are designed for little old ladies!) I can walk a mile. I use a stick around the house but now I sometimes forget it as my symptoms are mild and intermittent.

My speech? At first even my wife could not understand me by noon; now I can be understood all day long even though it can be an effort to make my speech clearish. It's not like it was when I could address a large audience of hundreds without a microphone or give an hour long talk on a variety of subjects but it is usable.

My eyesight is taking longer to recover. I have double vision most of the day and have to wear an eyepatch over one eye to type this. The neurologist thinks he might have a solution once I have stopped treatment for cancer.

The double vision means I am unsafe to drive which is the most annoying part of my symptoms. What is slightly worrying is that I pass the UK's minimal test for acceptable vision to drive - reading a number plate at 25 metres but I KNOW I am unsafe so I don't drive.

You're still functioning, don't have most of the issues you should after chemo, you're talking, moving, not bed-ridden in a hospital or your home. For all you got, you could be worse off, so yeah; for the most part.

 

[oggbashan]

You're still functioning, don't have most of the issues you should after chemo, you're talking, moving, not bed-ridden in a hospital or your home. For all you got, you could be worse off, so yeah; for the most part.

And yesterday's consultant suggested I should imptrove more over the next two to four months.

 

[trysail]

...and as delightfully iconoclastic as ever !!!

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[Javahead]

And yesterday's consultant suggested I should imptrove more over the next two to four months.

At this rate, I’m wondering how long before you’re dangling off cliffs again.

 

[oggbashan]

At this rate, I’m wondering how long before you’re dangling off cliffs again.

I gave that up at the end of my twenties. That is a young man's pastime.

 

[TarnishedPenny]

I gave that up at the end of my twenties. That is a young man's pastime.

Yes, Ogg, but you are already flouting a whole bunch of other norms, too.

Go find a helmet. I’ll buy a ticket.

“One on belay!”

 

[oggbashan]

Yes, Ogg, but you are already flouting a whole bunch of other norms, too.

Go find a helmet. I’ll buy a ticket.

“One on belay!”

Helmet? What's that for?

All I had was a bare rope and sometimes not even a rope...

 

[SouthernCrossfire]

Glad to hear the great report. Stay safe and keep improving!

 

[Voboy]

I gave that up at the end of my twenties. That is a young man's pastime.

As they say, there are old climbers and bold climbers. But...

 

[KeithD]

As they say, there are old climbers and bold climbers. But...

I'd think there were a lot of cold climbers too.

 

[oggbashan]

I'd think there were a lot of cold climbers too.

Particularly me. I was the go-to person for cliff rescues when the sea was rough because I was qualified in Cliff AND Surf rescue. If it meant going into rough sea - Og was the expert.

 

[ElectricBlue]

If it meant going into rough sea - Og was the expert.

There are, of course, alternate renderings of "expert" .

 

[dp4shelly]

Stay positive

Thanks for all the thoughts and prayers. they appear to be working.

This afternoon I saw the respiratory consultant who discharged me or six months. I'm too fit for his clinic. My blood oxygen is still at 100% as it has been all the way through and none of his other patients can even dream of reaching 90%...

Now I am remission from lung cancer he sees no reason to see me except to check in six months that I haven't had a recurrence. He expects that my improvement from the symptoms of Lambert-Eaton will improve over the next two to four months and may even disappear.

This is good news. But I still face radiotherapy shortly.

I Have read a number of your posts and I can see that our views are divergent on a number of topics. But that has nothing to do with my love and respect for you as a fellow human. I am very sorry that you have had to cope with a major health challenge. It is wonderful that you have had some good reports. I hope that you can stay positive. Also, there are some very promising new studies regarding cancer. I am troubled that the fake news outlets focus so much on political crap and skip over stories like cancer research because they are obsessed with petty human political bickering. When I say fake news I mean all of them including everything from Fox to CNN. Even if once in a while a report is accurate the topic is their choice and filters out things that I think should be breaking news... like medical research updates.

Anyway, I have been following this thread even though I have not posted a comment here until now.

With sincere love and best wishes.

Shelly

 

[JKendallDane]

So glad to read the latest news, Og. I don't post much to you but I am keeping up with the updates and doing happy dances when I read ones like this one.

Much love and continued prayers and best wishes, my brother.

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[oggbashan]

There are, of course, alternate renderings of "expert" .

For me, at the time, read 'stupid idiot'. I have spine damage from my activities then.

 

[oggbashan]

Thanks for all the thoughts, prayers and good wishes.

They appear to be working.

 

[TarnishedPenny]

Thanks for all the thoughts, prayers and good wishes.

They appear to be working.

And they shall continue.

 

[oggbashan]

To Tuesday next week, I have a scan before radiotherapy on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and the following Monday and Tuesday.

Apart from check-ups that should be it for some months.

 

[THROBBS]

Great news!

Now dodge that virus!