Husband is now being monitored routinely to check what the lymphoma might be doing. We hope it isn’t doing anything very much – after all, that was the point of removing the spleen. Bloods up a smidge! 109 rather than … Read More
We’re in at early o’clock and I can feel nervousness rising. Husband is looking pretty good at the moment but we have no way of knowing what’s happening with the cancer. Some days he feels like he’s doing well, other … Read More
Time for another blood test. The red cell count is stable (107 today, 108 last time). Clearly that’s good but we’re impatient to see the numbers climb a bit. Dr Inscrutable says it’s impossible to say how long these things … Read More
Husband had another splenectomy wound check today with the GP practice nurse. The little wounds have all healed nicely, the larger one they made to get the spleen out is taking a little longer but is definitely getting there. He … Read More
It’s blood test day, a week since the last one. We’re hopeful. Red cells still 108 (at least they haven’t gone down but it would be lovely if they’d go up) and the platelets are up to 245. Yeahy. Dr … Read More
3 days later and we see Dr Inscrutable. Red cell count is now 108, platelets an awesome 163 (we say awesome, Dr Inscrutable simply says the bloods are improving as expected). The Doc is expecting Husband’s blood counts to continue … Read More
Early o’clock we head off to see Dr Dry Humour. Blood test shows that the infection marker count was high yesterday, probably due to the recent operation. ‘The bowel goes on strike when anything happens in the abdomen – it … Read More
Junior Doc has come to prepare to discharge Husband. We discuss today’s blood test, ask why the red cell count has gone down and she looks utterly unconcerned, muttering about timing, how dilute the blood given in the transfusion was … Read More
Mr Surgeon visited to announce that the spleen was four times normal size rather than twice the size as expected. Husband wasn’t surprised since he’d had to live with the thing causing increasing discomfort for the last few months. Mr … Read More