Friday, October 31, 2008

Day + 9

Happy Halloween everyone. I can only imagine the plundering that went on tonight. If I remember correctly, the last year of Steve and I grabbing free candy on Halloween was my freshman year in high school. You gotta love that. Even still, I bet there few more of you out there that dragged it along even further. Good for you is what I say. If the groms can go out and get their goods, so can we. And if you are reading this and are one of those houses that gives away pennies, please cease and desist from reading this blog ever again, ha, just kidding, kind of. No offense

So what the hell am I supposed to be writing about…oh yeah…my health? All is good on the western front aside from my mouth and my headaches. What I have been telling everyone is that things are great from the neck down. It’s the neck up that’s killing me. The Mucositis came back in a big way and they have just made my constant headaches multiply in strength. All of this was expected so that makes it little bit easier to tolerate, but it is still a horrible way to live. I can see this hanging around for a couple more days then I’ll be fine again. To be perfectly honest with you, if that is the biggest complanit I have at this stage in the game, I think I’m doing alright for myself.

My blood counts are still very low. WBC (white blood cells) are undetectable but this is expected, the chemo and radiation made sure of that. Book says I should start to see some movement around day +15 or +20. My other counts are down too. A couple of days ago I needed two bags of blood and two bags platelets which brought them back up into the acceptable range. I’m still about 20 pounds light but I can see that going back on once I get out of here and get some of my energy back. So again, all is good on the western front health wise.

Our housing search is taking a bit longer then expected, but we’ll find something. If anyone has any sort of connection that could make this process a little less painless, please drop Evey or me a line. We are looking for a furnished, one bedroom as close to the beach as possible within 15 minutes of the hospital

That’s it for now guys. Take care, be well and we’ll catch up soon.
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2 comments:

Just the Sous Chef said...

Sorry the neck up isn't feeling so good! Sending you lots of good thoughts ... for health and a place! I will keep my ears open for any housing opportunities. Take Care!
Hugs,
The Kingston's

November 2, 2008 at 12:02 PM
Anonymous said...

A man is in bed with his wife when there is a rat-a-tat-tat on the door.
He rolls over and looks at his clock, and it's half past three in the morning.
"I'm not getting out of bed at this time," he thinks, and rolls over. Then, a
louder knock follows.
"Aren't you going to answer that?" says his wife.
So he drags himself out of bed and goes downstairs. He opens the door and
there is man standing at the door. It didn't take the homeowner long to
realize the man was drunk.
"Hi there," slurs the stranger. "Can you give me a push??"
"No, get lost. It's half past three. I was in bed," says the man and slams the
door. He goes back up to bed and tells his wife what happened and she
says, "Dave, that wasn't very nice of you.
Remember that night we broke down in the pouring rain on the way to pick
the kids up from the baby sitter and you had to knock on that man's house
to get us started again? What would have happened if he'd told us to get
lost??"
"But the guy was drunk," says the husband.
"It doesn't matter," says the wife. "He needs our help and it would be the
right thing to help him." So the husband gets out of bed again, gets dressed
and goes downstairs.
He opens the door, and not being able to see the stranger anywhere he
shouts, "Hey, do you still want a push??"
And he hears a voice cry out, "Yeah, please."
So, still being unable to see the stranger he shouts, "Where are you?"
And the stranger replies, "I'm over here, on your swing."

November 3, 2008 at 10:03 AM

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What is Kurt's diagnosis?

AML is a type of cancer in which the bone marrow makes abnormal myeloblasts (a type of white blood cell), red blood cells, or platelets.

Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) is a cancer of the blood and bone marrow. This type of cancer usually gets worse quickly if it is not treated. It is the most common type of acute leukemia in adults. AML is also called acute myelogenous leukemia, acute myeloblastic leukemia, acute granulocytic leukemia, and acute nonlymphocytic leukemia.

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