Shingles won the second skirmish. Denise and I went to the RPA for her usual checkup, last Monday. All the blood results were good. We talked to her haematologist and then went across the road for an appointment with with the lung guy Stephen, who is monitoring the carcinoids on her lungs. The news there was also good but... By the time for the appointment with Stephen came around Denise felt like shite. She was in intense pain, very tired, vomiting and had diarrhoea. The clinic nurse checked her out before the appointment and after Stephen saw her he recommended that she be admitted, at least for that night, so that her pain could be treated along with the dehydration brought on by the fluid loss to vomiting and the other thing. Denise reluctantly agreed to this course of action and she was admitted to Lifehouse ward 9 South. The registrar who examined D prior to admission said she had never seen shingles like it.
Once on the ward, Denise was given lyrica and a bag of electrolytes was put up. The lyrica didn't do the job so she was given endone and when that kicked in the pain was punted, for the night at least. Come the morning and it had returned. Since then Denise has been reluctantly sequestered in Lifehouse while they try to create a regimen of pain medication that will keep the pain at bay and allow her to be discharged. She remains a reluctant patient but agrees that Lifehouse is the best place for her at this point. There are a couple of other things that need to be treated and if she wants you to know the details she will tell you about them after she runs wild and free.
I am in Cairns today and will be here until Monday. I talk to Noosa several times each day. She is in good spirits and for the most part, pain free. I will keep y'all posted on her progress.
