Thinking of you, Chuck and dad, and applauding Jim's wise counsel (but you
don't need to be 80 to notice deteriorating mental faculties).
Piers
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Nichols [mailto:jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 12 November 2010 07:14
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] Parotidectomy done
Chuck,
You and your Dad have been in my thoughts today. I wish you both the best.
As an 80-yr old, I can attest to the fact that our mental faculties do
deteriorate as we get older. Based on our own family's experience, you
might want to weigh your Dad's current quality of life, considering the
nerve problem, against the need for another session in the hospital to seek
a possible correction. We wish we had taken a more conservative approach
with my wife's Dad, though the health issues he faced were quite different.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message -----
From: <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, November 12, 2010 12:57 AM
Subject: [OM] Parotidectomy done
> Dad had his cancerous left parotid gland removed last night. Fortunately,
> I was wrong about there being cancer in both sides. I've learned not to
> listen to everything he says. Double check with my sister first. The
> surgeon commented that the cancer had progressed very rapidly since he had
> last seen him and there was no hope of saving the seventh nerve. As he
> entered surgery he had no control of his lower left eyelid and the left
> corner of his mouth drooped slightly. As he exited surgery he no longer
> had control of the upper left eyelid and the left side of the mouth droops
> very noticeably. But he was able to come home only 15 hours after the
> surgery ended. The incision was closed with glue so there are no stitches.
> He hasn't complained at all of any pain and has been in a good mood
> (despite describing the night alone in the hospital as "terrifying")
>
> Friday afternoon we have an appointment with a plastic surgeon to discuss
> the possibility of nerve reconstruction which is done by removing a
> section of nerve from the leg. We have already been advised that the
> procedure may not work very well at all (ie, much less than full function
> restored) and the full results (whatever they are) may take 18 months to
> show up.
>
> He's clearly showing signs of some mental confusion which is beginning to
> worry me more than the apparently defeated cancer.
>
> Chuck Norrcutt
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