I met with my neurosurgeon yesterday, after a follow-up MRI on my brain. The tumor has shrunk almost 70% in just 30 days post treatment, with no sign of further bleeding or fluid in the brain. This is great news for me. He wants to follow up with another MRI in 2-3 months. I'll be totally weaned off the steroids I've been on since October 23, in another 6 days. I;m really looking forward to being steroid free, as I've been fighting with Chinese Face Syndrome, as I heard it is called. I gained over 26 pounds in the time I've been on the steroids. The good news is, while I was hospitalized for pneumonia, they put me on Lasix, and I lost over 10 pounds of excess water weight. I'm back on the Atkins diet to try and shed the rest of the weight. I can't stand being this heavy, and I'm weak from the steroids, so that just walking up 4 steps to my back door is a struggle. The last 6-7 weeks have been a real struggle for me, but I'm looking forward to the Christmas Holiday.
Unfortunately, my eyes aren't doing well. The herpes seems to be under control, but the corneas are damaged, and they haven't improved as much as the Dr would like, and I feel they are slightly worse. I saw her yesterday, and she prescribed an additional eye drop, and increased the dosage of the one I was already on. My vision is blurred almost constantly and I have a hard time reading or watching TV. Being on the computer is different, as I can get right up on the screen of my lap-top and see what is there, but it can be a strain.
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