Erika's Treatment Update -- Week 22
Hi.
Again it's been a pretty slow, uneventful week for me. I've mostly just been dealing with some low-grade fevers since my last chemo treatment. Wednesday morning they started getting pretty bad to the point where I was on Tylenol every 4-6 hours and Thursday morning I woke up feeling miserable so I called into Stanford. Sure enough they had me go in for some cultures, a CBC, and other tests. My blood counts ended up looking good, however one of my liver tests is still elevated and seems to be steadily climbing. Although there's no huge concern at the moment, my doctors are trying to see what could be causing the abnormal numbers and are trying to rule out certain problems, it's very possible that the chemo I've been receiving could be causing this. As for the fevers, I'm back on a daily dose of prednisone to control them (which of course I'm not happy about) and I'm scheduled to meet with an infectious disease specialist next week to see if she can possibly find any other source. Go figure I couldn't go a full week without going into Stanford...
The plan for next week is still for me to go in on Wednesday for my 4th treatment and to meet with my oncologist, BMT doctor, and possibly the infectious disease doctor. I should also be getting the results of all the tests they did yesterday and the donor chimerism that was done last week. I'll try to post the results as soon as I receive them.
Chris and I have no big plans for Thanksgiving this year, we will just go over to his mom's for dinner. I'm usually not up for eating a few days after chemo so no turkey for me this year, I sure don't mind since it's not my favorite meal anyway.
Hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Again it's been a pretty slow, uneventful week for me. I've mostly just been dealing with some low-grade fevers since my last chemo treatment. Wednesday morning they started getting pretty bad to the point where I was on Tylenol every 4-6 hours and Thursday morning I woke up feeling miserable so I called into Stanford. Sure enough they had me go in for some cultures, a CBC, and other tests. My blood counts ended up looking good, however one of my liver tests is still elevated and seems to be steadily climbing. Although there's no huge concern at the moment, my doctors are trying to see what could be causing the abnormal numbers and are trying to rule out certain problems, it's very possible that the chemo I've been receiving could be causing this. As for the fevers, I'm back on a daily dose of prednisone to control them (which of course I'm not happy about) and I'm scheduled to meet with an infectious disease specialist next week to see if she can possibly find any other source. Go figure I couldn't go a full week without going into Stanford...
The plan for next week is still for me to go in on Wednesday for my 4th treatment and to meet with my oncologist, BMT doctor, and possibly the infectious disease doctor. I should also be getting the results of all the tests they did yesterday and the donor chimerism that was done last week. I'll try to post the results as soon as I receive them.
Chris and I have no big plans for Thanksgiving this year, we will just go over to his mom's for dinner. I'm usually not up for eating a few days after chemo so no turkey for me this year, I sure don't mind since it's not my favorite meal anyway.
Hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
posted by Erika @ 9:21 PM
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