Just a quick update; my blood results are back and they are slightly lower, after going back up. If you haven’t been following the progress, here’s a summary;
- September 18, due to the chemo therapy, they dropped to extremely low white cell counts (WCC)
- over a few months, they climbed to close to normal
- in February, they dropped again. This is a known after-effect of one the drugs I was given in Moscow
- my haematologist called me, and put me on some injections which brought the readings back up for a couple of weeks
- the readings have now gone back down ! Not to a dangerous level, but to be watched. I just have to stay away from sick people, and not eat high risk food.
The graph below shows this in a simple format.
The message, I guess, is that the roller coaster of recovery that we all speak about and read about is very real. Having a good support system in place for the return home is invaluable.
My Longest Journey 