Meeting Dr. Gibbs in Gainesville

We checked into the hotel and went out for dinner. Whole Foods and the Cheesecake Factory are close by but both were a bit disappointing - a lot more generic that they used to be.  Fortunately Cold Stone still good. We spent a restless night, followed by an early breakfast at the hotel so we could arrive at the Dr. Gibbs' office at at 7:30. 

Dr. Devon and Dr. Gibbs both saw Randy to discuss things this could be but first more tests were needed, starting with a CT scan with contrast.  Nothing show up on that other than a couple of normal lung noduals.  His lungs and kidneys ok and no more lesions were found. They think Randy has Multiple Myeloma, which Dr. Gibbs is said is treatable now. It's what we though all along but it still came as a shock. Krystal will schedule a Pet scan for next Monday and a Biopsy on Tuesday. 

We headed home, stopping at a clinic on the way out of Gainesville for some more blood tests. I think there will be a lot of blood tests in the future. 

01/15/24

Back in August Randy saw a Workman Comp's doctor about his shoulder pain that he got from moving Scuba tanks at work. An X-ray was done and we were told nothing showed up. 

It wasn't until 12/18 that Randy was finally told that the X-ray showed a 2.3 cm lesion on his scapula. We got an appointment with our doctor and by 1/15 Randy had an MRI done on his left shoulder. By that time the lesion had grown to 4 x 3.8 x 5.6 cm. This is not good.