Thursday, February 22, 2007

Day +232

I am fine today.

"Lucky that you come today," doctor told me yesterday. This is because this GVHD comes very fierce :-( In this kind of situation, no one is superman. I thank God that I had made a right decision by calling my friend and listened to his advice to visit the hematologist yesterday. I thought I could 'tahan' (stand) until Monday's appointment. In fact, my eldest sister also keeps pushing me to see hematologist team in UH earlier.

The BMT nurses that I described my symptoms to in Day +230 did her job very well. She made an ad-hoc arrangement with the day care unit in the ward. When I came to the ward, the necessary document was already prepared :-)

I described my situation to some of the BMT nurses, they advised me to take care of my eyes carefully; else the cornea might be 'koyak' (torn).In order to protect my eyes, I apply Vidisic Ophthalmic gel at short interval now. In addition to this, I have to rinse my mouth regularly with Biotene mouthwash. It is an alcohol-free mouthwash that contains enzymes normally found in our saliva. I searched this mouthwash in 3 pharmacies in Puchong on Day +230 but none of them were selling it. Fortunately, the pharmacy in UH had stock.

The new medication that I am taking or applying is as follow (Click to view a large one):


From left to right are steroid Prednisolone, Vidisic Ophthalmic gel and Biotene mouthwash. I have to swallow 24 Prednisolone tablets a day; 12 in the morning and the remaining at night. I joked to my wife that the tablets are Viagra :-) "How do you know?" she asked. "It is blue in colour," I answered :-)

I post photos of my mouth-throat condition and rashes for references only. If you are not ready to see the condition, please avoid clicking the link.

A photo of mouth-throat condition is available here.

A photo of rashes is available here.

See you next post :-)

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Dear David,

How long is the treatment going to be? Can you still eat as normal.

Pray for your speedy recovery. Take care.

regards,
Grace

David said...

Dear Grace,

I am not sure how long the treatment is going to be. It all depends if my body response to the drug Prenidsolone. May be Monday follow-up will give a clue on how it should be.

Yes, still can eat as normal and as gluttonous as before :-) The throat inflamation improved quite a lot since Wednesday :-)

Thank you for praying for me.

God bless,
David