My CBC done last Friday was good – maybe too good, since my white count and most of the components were above the normal range, which sometimes indicates having an infection. WBC was 13.8 (normal range 4-11) and absolute neutrophil component 11.8 (normal range 1.5-8.8).
AND my cough has come back. SO I called my internist’s office today, (Dr. Sheehy – great guy) to see if he was available. Since he was away on vacation, I saw one of his associates, Dr. Kancharla, who I had never met before.
She looked over the recent bloodwork reports I’d brought along, as well as my CAT scan from May 5th, which had shown some sort of chest infection. And I pointed out that I’ve been on and off various antibiotics on seven occasions since November. Then she gave the ol’ chest a listen, and ordered a chest X-ray.
The chest X-ray was negative, despite her having heard some sort of sounds, so I am just on muccinex, claritin, and will use one of those asthma inhalers, to see if that will clear up my cough over the next week.
No antibiotics for now, we’ll see what happens.
Also, it was nice to read on my CAT scan report, "no findings to suggest lymphoma recurrence."
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