Category: My lymphoma and related medical stuff

There’s an interesting one year anniversary. When I said to Brigid yesterday "Tomorrow’s a one year anniversary" she couldn’t think of what it was. So a year ago today I went over to Phelps Memorial Hospital for a Muga scan (a type of heart scan) to get the OK for the chemo, and then went…

Today I had my blood counts done at Sloan Kettering in Sleepy Hollow (as per the plan to monitor them) and they were a bit better. At least to the point where Dr Chia decided my red count was good enough to not need the scheduled shot of Darbepoetin, the red blood cell booster, that…

So I had my last dose of Rituxin today. And my blood counts were better. Which they should be, since I had shots of Neulasta (for WBC’s) and Darbepoetin (for RBC) last week. The white count with components looked very good, while my RBC count was still a little low. Hemoglobin was OK. So here’s…

Off to Sloan Kettering in Sleepy Hollow this morning for my final Rituxin therapy. Will see Dr. Chia first, and get my blood results. Having gotten shots of Neulasta and Darby last week, the reults should be good. Results to follow later today.

I saw Dr. Gloria Chia today at Sloan Kettering in Sleepy Hollow, prior to the rituxin, and had my blood tested. My white blood cell and red blood cell counts were low, as well as my hemoglobin. So today they gave me a shot of darbepoetin (last time I had that was in April) and…

I am off to Slaon Kettering in Sleepy Hollow for my third of four weekly rituxin therapies later this morning, Will see Dr. Gloria Chia, and have my blood test. Hopefully the instant analyzer machine will be working this week (it was disabled last week) and I’ll get my blood count results.

I have been following this lady for quite a while – since her daughter emailed me months ago. She had a stem cell transplant withthe stem cells donated by her brother – a much trickier situation than mine was (is). Anyway some good news Journey Through Cancer

Had my second dose of rituxin therapy today. Uneventful. Only glitch was I couldn’t get my up-to-date blood counts. The CBC machine at Sloan Kettering in Sleepy Hollow was broken, so the blood was sent to Manhattan. I could call and bug them and they’d fax me the results in a day or two, but…

As scheduled, I had my appointment with Dr. Caron at the Sloan Kettering satellite office in Westcheseter, and then the first of four weekly rituxin treatments. Probably as an effect of the shot of neulasta I had about two weeks ago, my white blood count was up to 4.4. Normal range is 4.5 to 10.5,…

Here’s a very interesting feature in the New York Times. They have started series a entitled "The New Age" on how most people’s health has improved by leaps and bounds just over the past several generations. So Big and Healthy Grandpa Wouldn’t Even Know You – New York Times (See my note on the prior…