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Results From Today's Follow Up Appointment
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Kelly
... for Round 2 of chemo for Tuesday, January 27. That will give me a two more weeks at home. For round 2, the chemo meds will only last 5 days and I should be in the hospital a total of 3 to 4 weeks again. We were told with each round of chemo, it's a little harder for the body's immune system to "bounce back". Each round will be shorter (5 days, the ...
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4th of July fun
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Donna Peach
... atched the women’s final with the Williams’ sisters; Serena beat Venus, who has been the queen of Wimbledon for several years. It was hard to watch the defeat, but Serena was totally on top of her game. I love watching tennis and hope I can some day swing a racquet on a court. In the meantime, watching the champions is always uplifting.Living vicar ...
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Ups and downs
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Dr. Kevin
... ally raises my red cell count. My white cell count on Monday was 0.8 K or 800 cells; that is really low (Normal 3.4 K to 11.8K) My percentage neutrophils dropped to 49% so my total neutrophil count is now 400. During my bone marrow transplant they wouldn't let me leave my room even with a mask until I was above 500. I went to work the last two days ...
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Playing catch up
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ANNGREGORY74
... Monday, so it was a very short day at MDA. As soon as we got back to the apartment, my head started throbbing, so I got prone. I managed not to throw up, but the day was a total loss, since I ended up sleeping for most of it. Today I got the okay to take claritin, so life was much more enjoyable. Turns out I was worried about nothing. There w ...
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Sick
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Jeff ..
... ious Neph), and he told me that since my temp was 100.1 (which, by the way, is NOT a fever), I should go to the Emergency Department. Personally, I felt that his response was total bullshit (pardon the language), and discussed it with my primary doc. I told him my concern that I may have a kidney cyst infection, so he ordered blood work and a urine ...
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What a week…
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Christina Molin
.. to say the least… It started last Friday actually, when the Dr called and said that some of Vince blood tests came back not looking good. I went into total panic mood, as this was EXACTLY how Vince little friend Astrid found out she has AML (leukemia). She was going to have the same surgery, and the same test came back not ...
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Another day in the life
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ANNGREGORY74
... n the medicine cabinet that I have to apply to my hands twice a day Monday through Friday. On the weekends I get to apply triamcinolone to my hands in lieu of the new cream. Total body application of Cerave cream has been escalated to at least three times a day. Grrrrr. As for the deformed fingernails and missing cuticles, the new diagnosis is pa ...
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Health Headlines - May 3
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Meredy
... the Associated Press reported. While there has been a large increase in the use of antipsychotic drugs by children, they still account for a relatively small portion of the total. In 2005, 85 percent of antipsychotic drug prescriptions were for adults, compared with 15 percent for children. There is some concern that these powerful drugs may not ...
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A lovely surprise
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ANNGREGORY74
... th a continuous parade of nurses and CNA's coming in and out to check my vitals and be sure that I wasn't having an allergic reaction to a new chemo drug. I think I managed a total of 4 hours of interrupted sleep in all. It'll be an early night tonight. My appetite has fallen off a bit today. I've decided to go ahead and start supplementing with n ...
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With a total nearly $ ...
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Medical Quack
With a total nearly $5 billion, Lipitor, a cholesterol-reducing drug, ranked first in terms of total spending on prescription medicines by adults ages 18 to 64 in 2004, and another c ...
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