Report from doctor's visits (plural!)

Well, this week I somehow had 2 doctor's appointments plus the 2nd IV-IG (immunoglobulin infusion - see, I'm getting to know all the shortcuts!)

On Monday I saw Dr Bentley, followed by the IV-IG. Meeting with him was good - he even gave me a hug, and said I was looking well! He gave me the results from the bloodtest I'd had before my previous visit last December:

Haemoglobin: 111
Platelets: 131
WCC: 3.7
Neutrophils: 1.9

Not too bad. They were a bit down from October, but probably because of all the antibiotics etc. I'd been taking. I'll have another bloodtest before I see him again in a month's time, and hopefully they'll be further up then.

The IV-IG went much quicker than last time. I had all the drugs before starting, to stop me having a reaction to it, and I think it took about 3.5 hours this time. I'll time it properly next time so I know!

Then today (Wednesday) I had an appointment with a respiratory physician. Because of the recently-discovered bronchiectasis that I have. I had to do this 'lung function' test, and all that blowing out hard etc. and re-doing and re-doing - it made me feel that I didn't have that much 'lung capacity' after all! But then when I went it to see the doctor, he ended up telling me that I had above-average lung capacity (for my age!!) So I was pretty pleased about that! I'm sure it's from the ashtanga yoga breathing (ujjayi breath) I've been doing for the past 7 or so years of yoga!

Apart from that, he did various pokings and proddings and asked heaps of questions (as well as reviewing the CT scans). And ended up saying that it was very mild, and as long as I kept up the yoga and other exercise I wouldn't need to do any of the other exercises the physios had given me. And just reiterated what both Dr Bentley and my GP said, that if I get a bronchial infection I'd need to go onto antibiotics quickly, etc etc. And no need to come back to see him at the moment ...

So all in all, pretty good news. I'm feeling pretty happy about things!