I just got back from the SCCA. It's official. I have no immune system. I'm neutropenic. The basic range for neutrophils is 1.8 to 7.x and I'm showing 0.22 thousand per ml. Yup, if you do the math that's 12.2% of the established minimum. Obviously my white blood cell count is correspondingly low.
Now, don't get all worried. This is the result we were going for. This is a good thing! It means that the melphalan they gave me in the hospital has worked. I've been getting injections of growth factor every day since the melphalan dose, so we should see a turnaround in my numbers asap.
Now I just need to figure out how to keep dirty little kids away from my front door.
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This blog is written by and about a guy with an incurable form of cancer. My purpose here isn't to say "woe is me", but to give insight about my thoughts, perspectives, and experiences throughout this adventure. My name is Andre. My partner's name is Ed. I intend to publish on a pretty regular basis here, but Ed might occasionally pop in with his thoughts too.
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- Surprise!
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- Just one more thing.....
- From the sublime to the ridiculous....
- Reprieve from the Governor
- End of outpatient day two.
- Out of hospital, days one and two.
- Hospital day two
- Hospital Day One
- Today and Tomorrow
- How can you help?
- I hope you're sitting down.
- Disturbing news
- Day off.
- What a day.
- MRI failure #2
- Minor failure.
- Blogging from the SCCA
- Long day.
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1 comment:
Don't turn on your porchlight and perhaps put a Quarinteened sign on door. Better yet, print up some Jehovah's witness reading material and post with note saying you do not particpate in Halloween activities. The parents will get a big scare and run away fast.
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