I mentioned on the 16th that my bloodwork that day was fine, except for the continuing below normal WBC (white blood cell) count. So Dr. Kewalramani decided to take me off the antibiotic Bactrim and put me on a different antibiotic, called Mepron. His feeling was that I’ve been on the Bactrim so long, and it might be depressing the WBC count.
The antibiotic is the only medication I am on, and it’s strictly a preventative measure. I was taking th Bactrim as one pill, three days a week (M-W-F). The Mepron is different – I take it twice a day, every day.
And it’s weird stuff. It comes in little 5 ml. pouches as a thick liquid. Very bright yellow (you don’t want to get it on your clothes) and tastes pretty bad. I just squeeze it out of the pouch.
Dr. K had me skip bloodwork this week, so I’ll have a complete blood count (CBC) next Tuesday.
The gym is going well (although I’ve gained several pounds, which I don’t want to do!!!) and for a current picture, scroll down to the next post.
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