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).<\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
No antibiotics for now, we’ll see what happens.<\/p>\n
Also, it was nice to read on my CAT scan report, "no findings to suggest lymphoma recurrence."<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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