Category: Me and Leuk

Updated Blood tests for May 2015

I’ve updated my Score Card page. The most current lab test was a bit discouraging but not horrendous. My White Blood Cell count had been on a plateau in the lower 60’s from November (Read More)

I’d rather die living than live dying

It’s only two days since my hospital stay (see previous blog) and I’m heading off for a solo sail to the San Juans. Stupid? Probably. In trouble with my wife? Definitely. While driving me (Read More)

June 2014 Lab Tests

My lab tests for June 3 are in. Actually I was supposed to get them done in May… but someone procrastinated. The numbers are up a bit but not a huge amount. The Lymphocyte (Read More)

Leuk and young people

I woke up this morning realizing I’ve been on this planet for 62 years. I’m not sure what the heck happened. Yesterday I’m dancing with my girlfriend to White Rabbit, today I’m married to (Read More)

Lowered meds seem to be helping

As I mentioned in an earlier blog, my doctor agrees with me that my meds may have been causing the vertigo problems. He has reduced my dosage to see if that helps. Since I’ve (Read More)

Very good news

I just received some good news regarding recent tests. Back on my post of February 7th, 2014, I talked about upcoming blood tests. The results are in now and the news is good. If (Read More)

More fun

They’re giving me more blood tests. The doctor was deciding between doing a bone marrow biopsy or the blood tests. Thankfully he chose the tests, blood draws are a lot less painful than the (Read More)