A Stressful Day
Today was a pretty stressful day for me. Although I was pretty preoccupied at work, there still wasn't an hour that went by where I didn't constantly think about the results of my CT scan. I left work at 3pm for my appointment and first met with my nurse practioner. I was so happy to see her since it had been before Xmas since I last saw her. We chatted for about 30 minutes about her trip to Mexico and about me getting married. She didn't even know I had had a CT scan yesterday so she didn't have the results, but promised to go check them out before coming back in with my doctor.
My doctor walked in a few minutes later and asked whether I had any news about my company and the merger. Too funny, all I could think of was the results and here she is asking me about whether my job was safe. I told her I wouldn't know until next week, but promised to tell her next time. She then proceeded to tell me that my scan looked good, no changes. I of course was happy to hear that, especially with the concerning fevers I've been having the past two weeks. She is also very happy with the results and the fact that this treatment has been keeping my disease stable for so long. She is a little puzzled about the fevers however, so I'm supposed to go back to see the infectious disease specialists to rule out any possible infection going on. I also got a little scolding when they found out that I was no longer taking Bactrim (an antibiotic used to prevent a type of pneumonia). My BMT doctor had taken me off of it a while back, but I guess he never communicated this to them and they weren't too happy about it. Being on prednisone can make you more susceptible to pneumonia, so patients are always required to take it while on any steroid.
I'll be back in two weeks as usual for another round of treatment, but I won't have to see my doctor again for a month. Since my scan looked good and my counts were excellent they figure I can see them once a month for now.
I felt well enough to go to tap class tonight. I'm pretty sure I was running a slight fever towards the beginning of the class, but after taking some Tylenol and once we got moving around I forgot all about it. I'm so happy to be able to get back to doing something I really enjoy again!
My doctor walked in a few minutes later and asked whether I had any news about my company and the merger. Too funny, all I could think of was the results and here she is asking me about whether my job was safe. I told her I wouldn't know until next week, but promised to tell her next time. She then proceeded to tell me that my scan looked good, no changes. I of course was happy to hear that, especially with the concerning fevers I've been having the past two weeks. She is also very happy with the results and the fact that this treatment has been keeping my disease stable for so long. She is a little puzzled about the fevers however, so I'm supposed to go back to see the infectious disease specialists to rule out any possible infection going on. I also got a little scolding when they found out that I was no longer taking Bactrim (an antibiotic used to prevent a type of pneumonia). My BMT doctor had taken me off of it a while back, but I guess he never communicated this to them and they weren't too happy about it. Being on prednisone can make you more susceptible to pneumonia, so patients are always required to take it while on any steroid.
I'll be back in two weeks as usual for another round of treatment, but I won't have to see my doctor again for a month. Since my scan looked good and my counts were excellent they figure I can see them once a month for now.
I felt well enough to go to tap class tonight. I'm pretty sure I was running a slight fever towards the beginning of the class, but after taking some Tylenol and once we got moving around I forgot all about it. I'm so happy to be able to get back to doing something I really enjoy again!
posted by Erika @ 9:40 PM
1 Comments:
At 7:35 PM,
Anonymous said…
I'm so glad to hear about your results! It's also neat that you are back to tap dancing.
Spring Team in training starts up on Saturday. I'll be thinking about you this season as I walk! Take care Erika... Martha
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