We met with Dr. Bhansali today and he was very thorough with his questions and assessments. After gettng a medical run-down he put some "glasses" on Mom and looked through them into her eyes. Then, he had her close her eyes and he twisted her head back and forth about a dozen times and then he peered back into Mom's eyes to see what was happening. His initial assessment is that the problem is on the left side not the right side. He also had his audiologist assess Mom's hearing. She has some hearing loss, particularly of the high tones but nothing to be concerned with at this time. He also looked into her ears and her mouth.
He has asked that we get the CT Scan results to him and the other ENT test results to him. On Sept. 10th he is going to re-run the ENT tests that Mom had previously to see what his assessment is. He wants to know if Mom has had an MRI in the last three years and I will call Cantwell tomorrow and see if she's had such a thing. I know for certain that she hasn't had one since she had the pacemaker... can't do MRI's with pacemakers. So, if she did have one it would have had to be in 2007 or early 2008. Anyhow, if she's had an MRI then he wants to see that as well.
Mom and I are going to postpone the Boniva shot until the week following the hematologist appt. We can cancel it if necessary but as I said earlier....better not to impede anything the H man needs with an added dose of something.
BTW Mom's INR for coumadin has gone back down to 2.8. For the past two weeks it has been at 3.1 which is a bit thin although nothing to be alarmed about. I'm glad it is back between 2 and 3 which is where it is supposed to be.
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