New month new problem! (But I am smiling!)

Well, that's not quite true - I think I caught this cold at the end of last month, not February! But whatever - I caught a cold from someone (and don't think I don't know who you are!), and apart from the general 'wrongness' of geting a cold in the middle of summer!, it gradually went to my chest (of course!) and I started to feel worse and worse. By last Thursday I had to take the day off work and went to see my local GP. I did try to ring both my specialist and the respiratory physician but one was on holiday and the other had gone overseas!!

Anyway, turned out I had a temp of 38.4degC so the GP was more than happy to give me some antibiotics. They started to take the edge off by the weekend (which was an unavoidably busy weekend working on a website - someone had already come down from Rockhampton - 1000ks away to work on it with me!) So it was really lucky I started to pick up then! I've still got all the trappings of a cold - blowing my nose constantly, coughing, coughing, coughing ... But I've got my normal levels of energy back and feel fine.

Today was the next immunoglobulin infusion, plus another doctor's appointment. Dr Bentley told me I'd have to expect to catch things like colds easier, and for them to take longer to be got rid of - great! He changed the antibiotics I'm on, and also I'd had another blood test last week and he gave me the results.

Haemaglobin - 113
WCC - 8.4 (!!!)
Neutrophils - 6.2

They are certainly something to be excited about - especially the WCC. Normal range is 4.0 - 11.0!!

My immunoglobulin levels were also tested - I know nothing about these, although apparently when I started having the IV-IG, it was 2 which is apparently extremely low! It has gone up to 5 - he said he would have been happier with 6! But at least it's on the way up.

So - that's the latest issue of my health news! Stay posted for next month's issue ...