Results…. End of cycle 2
On Tuesday, I had my IV infusion as usual + the monthly Zometa infusion as well. The nurse, Cindy, found a vein first time, smoothly and quickly – what a relief. My CBC blood report showed that most of my counts remain on the boundaries of the lower end of the scale except my platelets, they continue to drop with each test. I started with over 330+ back in early Oct and am down to 176 now. We asked Cindy what can be done to boost these but she considers these excellent numbers so we shouldn’t be concerned. They would consider a platelet infusion if they dropped to around 60 but hopefully I can complete the 4 cycles before that.
As for my myeloma markers, Dr Z said that my m-protein has dropped to 0.2 (from 0.5 at the end of cycle 1) and that my IGG dropped to 973 (from 1405). He was very pleased about the m-protein and said that the number is almost negligible now. I, however, would rather see no trace of the m-protein. We asked for a copy of the results from the nurse but it hadn’t made it to my charts yet so I will pick it up on Friday at which point we will send to Dr. Lonial, my myeloma specialist for his opinion.
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