Jeff Young's Fight Against Colon Cancer

Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Orthopedic Surgeon & Oncologist Update

We visited the orthopedic surgeon at KUMED and were told that Jeff has degeneration, scoliosis and remnants left from a childhood disease where the vertebrae develop curved. All of these are minor and are not by themselves a cause for the pain that he is feeling. The Dr. believes that the combination of the three and lack of activity is causing the pain. He suggested for Jeff to start walking in a pool and that there is nothing to give him for temporary pain relief while he is doing this. We will see how the progression goes.
Today we found out from Dr. Ekram that Jeff still is NED (no evidence of disease).

-Abby