Dr Dry Humour announces cheerfully, “All looking good”: red cells are at 13.5, platelets up to 351, white cells are 5 and the paraproteins are down again, this time to 8.7. That’s great news, although we can’t help but hope … Read More
He’s feeling very tired, his brain is woolly and he’s feeling pretty sick today. He’s limited in terms of what he can eat. The second day after chemo is usually his roughest. I look around the kitchen at the ‘chemo’ … Read More
Husband is on the 5th chemo out of 6. The paraproteins are down to 12.9, so the docs are happy with progress. Dr Dry Humour commented, “That’s a really good drop from January [43.6!] to now”. Yeahy! The red cells … Read More
Much of the time Husband doesn’t think about the cancer. He jokes that I do that for him and in a sense that’s very true. He popped in looking thoughtful. “Should I order a 12 month supply of contact lenses? … Read More
We still haven’t been told anything about Waldenstrom’s. I Google. I do too much of that. Symptoms include headaches, nosebleeds, anaemia and low platelets. Sounds familiar. Also occasionally eczema-like skin lesions. I know that many things which can suggest cancer … Read More
Another early start for the hospital but good news: red cells are up by .7, platelets up a little and best of all the paraproteins are down from 35 to 22, with white cells at 4.1 so just in normal … Read More
Husband saw something on TV about home versus hospice care for the terminally ill. A woman was explaining that she wanted to go to a hospice so that her family wouldn’t have the memory of her dying at home. He … Read More
Each visit to the hospital feels like another piece of the jigsaw puzzle gets filled in. It still feels weird that Husband is being treated even though his haemoglobin and platelets are much higher than they were when he needed … Read More
Husband is very conscious of the little dark track marks on the tops of his hands. The veins have become a bit discoloured and it looks like something has branded his wrist with little spidery black lines. He’s wondering if … Read More
The new steroid regime seems to be working much better for him. When he had 3 days of steroids (2 to ‘pre-load’ and 1 lot for the first day of chemo) he really crashed on the second day of chemo … Read More