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July 17, 2003
No chance of the Olympics then...
Well, having had a very long day down at the Royal Free seeing people about her eyesight and hormones, we return to Stevenage, with me feeling as rough as old boots. In fact, after this I'm off to bed.
Anyho's, full details, ins and outs, in the extended bit. Click away!
Eyesight doesn't seem to be getting worse, and not sure if any better. The right eye has a problem with the motor control, i.e. it doesn't move as quickly and in sync with the left eye - so she's Jules "Right Eye" Page now.
Vision is okay, in so far as she can see with both eyes. But the double vision seems to be better than it was straight after the op. Time will tell.
Hormones - the remaining chunk of the tumour is sat around one of the optic nerves causing the above mentioned problems. It's also sat around the Pituitary
gland. So, having had lots of tests it turns out that Jules ain't producing enough thyroxine and cortisol, which does explain her symptoms of tiredness, cold, lack of appetite. A HUGE bag of pills, expensive too, and we're off home. Of course, with all these steroids and hormone replacement, she's buggered for the 2008 Olympics now.
Some interesting websites on all this:
Posted by alan at July 17, 2003 5:31 PM
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Typical. You wait ages for a post, then five come along at once (hmm... we must explore the rebuild options in your Movable Type setup - something's screwy with posts not showing up).
Anyway, I'm delighted that things seem to be at least stabilising; and the hormone imbalance does sound plausible, doesn't it? Fingers crossed that the doping cocktail knocks that on the head, so to speak.
And don't give up on the Olympics - so long as somebody else pisses in the bottle, you should be fine.
Posted by: Jonathan at July 21, 2003 1:30 AM