I had a recent visit with my primary Oncologist, Dr. Adam Biedny a few days ago and he is pleased with my overall progress and the blood work. Under the microscope, it appears that my red blood cells are a bit enlarged. He explained that this could be due to my immune system being really revved up. Not much for alarm, but he suggested that I begin taking B12 and Folic Acid. Both of which I have at home, so I’ve begun taking them. My magnesium is still a bit low, so I will be regimented with taking the magnesium pills daily…I hadn’t been taking them (shame on me).
The next step is to have an EGD done so they can scope my esophagus and do a biopsy of the area that showed on the last PET scan as inflammation. I began taking Omprezole for acid re-flux and that has really helped over the last couple weeks. I haven’t had any issues swallowing pills or food for about a week now. Hopefully this is just inflammation that a steroid or pro-tonics can relieve. If the biopsy shows cancer, then we will do radiation.