Blood test results
Ok...today is Wednesday. Monday Dave had his lab work done. (blood drawn to test everything) Tuesday we went to see Dr. Kahn (the cancer doc "coach"). Got results of all the blood work. Creatinine level is hanging on at 1.5....."coach" wants it lower. White cell - low, red cell - low and plattlets (sp?) low. All are starting to drop. All what "coach" was expecting. Still not critically low, but within the next three weeks it will be dipping even lower. Must say here that Dave is still feeling good....played another 9 holes of golf today since temperature was close to 50. He is now getting more tired than usual. Will tutor about 3 students tonight and when he gets home he will be tired and ready for bed right away. All of this is expected as the white counts drop.
Coach said he could not "feel" any lymph nodes. Guess that is good...but most of them you cannot feel anyway....just the the neck and under the arms that he is sure there is nothing there. He said now we have to watch for Fever, bleeding and/or bruising on the skin for no apparant reason. Scary some of the stuff he said about bleeding...so I won't even write it down, but needlesstosay, we will be watching closely for any problems in that area. Next appointment will be next week for more lab work...but won't see "coach" as long as all is going well for the next three weeks.
Next stop was to see Dr. Meyer (we really love this guy!! He is sooooooooooo laid back and fun). Dr. Meyer had just gotten back from Boyne Mountain in Michigan where he had his two children (little ones...one in first grade) on the mountain getting ski lessons! So cool. Dave really teases him and talks to him a lot about his life...not Daves!! They have a great rapport. His report was that Dave had to stay on the lung meds (even though Dave told him he wanted to getoff them!) -- Doc said, "good try" but probably will be on them for a few more months and he would know more in a month or so, after the ct scan that the "coach" will be ordering at that time.
Says it takes longer to kill this Myobacterium Xenopia while on cancer treatments...as the body isn't trying to kill the infection because the immune system is not working properly. So..may be a few more months on these meds. He said the blood work says the liver is doing okay. Said he might want to go have his eyes checked again to see if they are holding steady. End of that visit! He did say that the heart beat seemed to be pretty normal. So the irregular heart beat seems to be getting better! hurrah for that! Dr. Kahn's nurse said the same thing. The Rituxan must have been the culprit! Damn stuff.
So..... This is the critical time coming up by next Tuesday. Scares me to death, but I just try to stay in the moment and be grateful when I look at him and he is still near me. He and Scruffy cleaned up all the branches in the yard today...they had a great time and ended up sitting on the swing that Stacey bought for us for one of our anniversaries, (great gift Stacey..thanks again!) for a nice long "quiet conversation" time together. Scruffy is a dear little lovable, loyal companion. We both tell Scruffy a lot about how we feel and ask him not to "talk"..and so far he hasn't said a word! Can't think of a safer companion to share my feelings with!
So..another day...another blessing and another day of loving each other. Oh yes, on March 4th...Dave will turn 67! We will celebrate! God is good.
Coach said he could not "feel" any lymph nodes. Guess that is good...but most of them you cannot feel anyway....just the the neck and under the arms that he is sure there is nothing there. He said now we have to watch for Fever, bleeding and/or bruising on the skin for no apparant reason. Scary some of the stuff he said about bleeding...so I won't even write it down, but needlesstosay, we will be watching closely for any problems in that area. Next appointment will be next week for more lab work...but won't see "coach" as long as all is going well for the next three weeks.
Next stop was to see Dr. Meyer (we really love this guy!! He is sooooooooooo laid back and fun). Dr. Meyer had just gotten back from Boyne Mountain in Michigan where he had his two children (little ones...one in first grade) on the mountain getting ski lessons! So cool. Dave really teases him and talks to him a lot about his life...not Daves!! They have a great rapport. His report was that Dave had to stay on the lung meds (even though Dave told him he wanted to getoff them!) -- Doc said, "good try" but probably will be on them for a few more months and he would know more in a month or so, after the ct scan that the "coach" will be ordering at that time.
Says it takes longer to kill this Myobacterium Xenopia while on cancer treatments...as the body isn't trying to kill the infection because the immune system is not working properly. So..may be a few more months on these meds. He said the blood work says the liver is doing okay. Said he might want to go have his eyes checked again to see if they are holding steady. End of that visit! He did say that the heart beat seemed to be pretty normal. So the irregular heart beat seems to be getting better! hurrah for that! Dr. Kahn's nurse said the same thing. The Rituxan must have been the culprit! Damn stuff.
So..... This is the critical time coming up by next Tuesday. Scares me to death, but I just try to stay in the moment and be grateful when I look at him and he is still near me. He and Scruffy cleaned up all the branches in the yard today...they had a great time and ended up sitting on the swing that Stacey bought for us for one of our anniversaries, (great gift Stacey..thanks again!) for a nice long "quiet conversation" time together. Scruffy is a dear little lovable, loyal companion. We both tell Scruffy a lot about how we feel and ask him not to "talk"..and so far he hasn't said a word! Can't think of a safer companion to share my feelings with!
So..another day...another blessing and another day of loving each other. Oh yes, on March 4th...Dave will turn 67! We will celebrate! God is good.
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