I had my fourth and last rituxin treatment today at the Sloan Kettering annex next to Phelp Hospital in Sleepy Hollow.
My blood cell counts are low. Total WBC’s are 1.6 (down from 4.1 three week ago) and my RBC and hemaglobin counts also below normal. So I was given a shot of "Darby" (I can’t spell the full name) to stimulate red blood cell production, and a shot of Neupogen for the white cells. I will also get Neupogen tomorrow and Friday.
No one seems to know why my counts are low. I will certainly have it on the top of my list to take up with Dr. Kewalramani when I see him in Manhattan next Tuesday.
Despite this, I do feel fine and with more pep then I had even a week or ten days ago. However, my lack of endurance (see posting from a couple of days ago) may be partly due to the below par red blood cell count.
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