Well, work has been very demanding for the last two weeks. It is good to be back and fully engaged, but it has been a constant stream of work from the moment I wake up to the moment I go to sleep for about two weeks now. Not so stressful as to induce illness -- I'm doing a good job of managing that. But it is certainly time consuming! So my apologies, dear readers, for not getting back on here sooner.
I think of my friend WB, who is done with induction and appears to be doing very well! I have that white blood count graph I've been meaning to post for two weeks now...forgive me, Bill, I'll get it there soon! And then I'll move on to electrolytes since you'll be going through your transplants soon and you'll want to see how that all shakes out!
Kathy Giusti of the MMRF lamented to me that she got every cold in the world when she was on Revlimid. I contrasted this with a person I met in Arkansas -- who was nice enough to buy the wife and me some lunch without knowing who we were, which was followed by a very nice conversation. That person said they never got sick any longer.
I am thinking both may be true. I am thinking that once I go off Revlimid, I might have a spiffy immune system. I also think, however, that Revlimid's purpose is to suppress the immune system and it does a damn good job because I HAVE MY THIRD CHEST COLD IN FOUR MONTHS and it's getting VERY, VERY OLD. I literally just got over the last one three weeks ago and I've got it again.
I am doubling up on Tamiflu and also taking Augmentin, which CR prescribed for me to knock out the bacterial aspects of the bronchitis. Seems to be helping. We'll see how long it takes me to get through this. On Tuesday I will get a look at my blood counts. My WBC was only 3.0 last Monday; pretty low! I wonder if it has spiked to get rid of what ails me?
More news this week, I promise. Be well everyone!
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