Doing fine...

I'm off the Gabapenten!! My feet and hands are a little numb but I feel more stable on my feet.
I was worried about losing my athletic performance but that hasn't happened. I was also worried about the withdrawals but because I had a bad cold, well I wasn't sure how much was the drug and how much was the cold. That being said I survived and all is well.

I see my oncologist on Thursday, not sure why, I guess he just wants to make sure all is well. I will take some hand and feet numbness and burning feet to avoid the falling.

Other than that I feel great and things are stable.

The body is sick, but thanks to Jesus the soul is alive and well...

I guess I'm not an Oncologists

A quick update:

Last visit, November 2010 my Oncologist thought I might have a B-12 problem, he doubled my B-12 intake via pills then sent me to get more blood work. It showed nothing exciting so I made the decision to wait until my next visit and "stay with the pill plan". I got my normal 4 month blood tests back last week and thought it showed the same problem with my B-12. I had a really bad weekend with numbness, hurting, cramping legs plus I was doing a lot of falling, mostly while exercising. So I called him and got in early. We went loaded for bear and to push hard for starting B-12 shots.

He checked my test results, asked me several questions and he feels the problem isn't the B-12 (because the November 2010 blood tests came back so good) but that I'm having problems with the Gabapenten. Jenni and I were positive it was the B-12, thanks Dr. Google!! So, for the next few days I will be coming off the Gabapenten and it might not be fun. We will worry about the PN problem once the current problems are sorted out. I can't keep not sleeping, being in pain and falling!

I see the Dr. again next Thursday to check in, he said I should see improvement quickly.

I will blog on how I handle all this, hopefully it will be easy and will be a short post.

The body is sick, but thanks to Jesus the soul is alive and well...

Test Results... Good news!!

Today I got my test results back: M-spike is 1.9 up from 1.6 but down from a max of 2.4.
My IGG went up to 2073 from 1999 but down from over 2400.

My general blood test still indicates that my body isn't processing the B-12 I'm taking in. All my numbers were worse for each test I've done the last year. That is with the massive intake of B-12 my oncologist has me on each day. I think it is time to really talk to him about taking
B-12 shots.

My WBC count is the lowest it has ever been and so is my RBC. I'm working out really hard so I think my body is using the red blood cells I have very effectively, my opinion. I work out 3 to 4 times a week for 1.5 hours with an ave. heart rate above 130. I guess I need to watch it but it doesn't seem to be a problem right now. My low WBC is concerning but I have learned to be crazy about washing my hands and keeping my distance from sick people. I had 3 big colds this winter but that is a virus and so not really a WBC issue. I really try to keep away from bad bacteria.

So, I consider myself stable right now. I will see my oncologist on the 14th and I'm sure he will be as happy as I am right now. I like good news like this!

The body is sick, but thanks to Jesus the soul is alive and well...