October visit to my specialist

Saw my haematologist on Wednesday for my 3-monthly check-up. It seemed like I/we spent most of the visit talking about my current (not-related) health issues with sinusitis + a "post-viral cough". Which I have posted about interminably on my other blog! I said to him - I'm treating you like my GP! But he didn't mind - I think he likes to know pretty much everything that's going on with me health-wise ...

He had the results of the bloodtest I'd had the previous week (more about that later) and, having done a quick check of me told me that there were no signs of the lymphoma coming back. Well, I hadn't thought there were, but it was still very nice to have this emphasised to me.

He did say that, because my immunity had been pretty much wiped out last year when I was having chemo, there was a faint possibility I had some obscure infection in my lungs that hadn't shown up on the chest XRay my GP had got me to have, and so I'm having a CT scan of my chest next week. I didn't know CT scans would show this sort of thing. Anyway, it'll be good to - either knock out that possibility, or else find out and get it fixed. It's been over 6 weeks of interminable coughing and I just want it to end!!

Anyway - to my blood test results. Great news!! They've gone up again - and I would have thought that all the effort my immune system must be making fighting this 'whatever', would have brought it down!

WBC: 4.5
Neuts: 2.6
Platelets: 152

All now within 'normal' range! Yeayy!! It's taken a year, since my last chemo. And the WBC and Neutrophils have pretty much doubled in the last 3 months. All in all, I'm extremely pleased!!

I'll hear from him later this week about the results from the CT scan. Apart from that I'm going back to see him just before Christmas ...