I thought I would do this blog post earlier today even though there might be something happening between now and bedtime since I had good news to pass on.
Both of Dr. Van Rhee's APNs came in this afternoon and brought the latest results of my myeloma markers. They were very pleased that my Kappa free light chains had improved greatly. Of course I was too. I had been very concerned. The test on Monday was over 16 and today it was only over 8, normal is about 2. In the photo of the plot they brought me, you can see how high the Kappa free light chains got before I got this latest chemo. This chart goes back to August of 2013. I had feared that this chemo, which I've had two times before, would not bring the counts down and I am so very thankful that it has worked. In April of 2013 and in November 2013 I got it which was part of the stem cell collection process.
The information that I had received about when Dr. Van Rhee is going to return has been incorrect. The hospitalist told me he was going to return on Wednesday but it is not this Wednesday but a week from now. The APNs predicted that I would be in the hospital for another week or two. I won't get to leave until I'm making platelets again. I received one bag of platelets today and one unit of blood.
I expected my white count to take a big jump up today but it didn't it actually went back down to 0.06. The APN said it was normal for it to vary this much before it starts up. She also said it wasn't as important for the white count to go up as it was the platelets. They can do more to control the white count by giving me the growth factor shots.
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