Well, new labs on CMM today. I finally tested him for iron deficiency a month ago when he kept becoming more anemic and his oncologist just seemed to accept it as all being due to the chemo. Turned out he was very iron deficient (one marker, called % iron saturation, which should be 20-50, was only 9.)
He's been taking iron pills diligently 2-3 times a day for a month and today his % iron saturation is only 10% - not the improvement I had hoped for. We will be pushing his oncologist for an iron infusion.
Meanwhile, his CEA tumor marker - not a very good test but the only thing we can follow in between PET scans - is going up
He has his grumpy days and, I hate to say it, reminds me of my ex (in a bad way) at times. I cut him a lot of slack because he is facing all of this and has untreated OCD (which he can't admit he has but it's obvious). It's been a long time since I had to walk on eggshells around my ex and I really don't enjoy being in that position. I'm trying to think of some way to encourage him to try an anti-depressant.
