Medical Update

July 27, 2023 - MEDICAL UPDATE: Delray Medical Center, Delray Beach, Florida: Echocardiogram is good; nebulizer (bronchodilator) treatments are OK (photo below), as I use them at home; intravenous steroid working well, although not/never required at home; on supplemental oxygen, as I use them at home; urinating normally, as I do at home, so NO need for a Foley catheter to continue

BAD NEWS: I must re-engage using a CiPAP machine for sleep apnea; it has worked quite well here in the medical center over the past few days; I attempted it many years ago (with two sleep studies); I will try it again, this time with a sleep study at home.

BAD NEWS: My herniated disk in my lower back is too small for surgery, so I must maintain pain using medications.

BAD NEWS: The result of a recent MRI shows that I now have an abscess within the bone in my right ankle from two fractures (Tibia and Fibula) due to two falls in April 2023. However, my lingering diabetic ulcers within both of my feet are healing well.