So Thursday night I got home just after 10:00. Steve didn't get here until 10:40. All I want to do is get to Scarborough at this point. On the way out of town he decides to stop at Sobey's to look for flowers for his ex-wife since it was their anniversary. Then he had to drop them off. Could it not have waited? It's not like Scarborough is only 10 minutes away. Fortunately it was late enough that traffic was light so we got there just after midnight.
Then there was the motel... Talk about a dive. Maybe it's just because I like my own space and am not crazy staying elsewhere. No that's not it... it really was a dive. It was really hot in there too. I suspect that was more related to the fact that Steve seems to like a sauna and prefers it to be 90 degrees. But it made the room smell musty... this coming from the person with almost no sense of smell. It also made it really difficult to breathe and I ended up pretty dehydrated. Then there was the fact Steve was there. That always makes me cringe. In told I think I I got a little over 3 hours and then was awake for the rest of the night. As bad as it was I am still glad I went up the night before. Sure I was exhausted when I got to work but it meant not having to deal with rush hour and not being as stressed. Plus Mapquest and I had a few issues. We ended up having to ask someone how to get there.
And since I know you're reading this to find out how it actually went with the doctor.... In told the trip cost about $100 and I spent 5 minutes with the doctor before he redid the tests that had been done 3 times now. Needless to say that was kind of annoying. But he did give me good news. My platelet count is now back to where it should be. :o) My white blood cell count is still low but the hematologist said it wasn't low enough to really be concerned about. So that is definitely good news!!! No bone marrow biopsy. The downside is that they still don't know why I am so fatigued. I know that can happen for a number of reasons... but I hate it. It controls my life and I'd really like some of my energy back.
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Wednesday, May 17, 2006
The Answer I Didn't Want
I am definitely glad that this is not my 100th post. I'm starting to think it was a sign this morning when I got up and it was raining outside. We were late leaving Peterborough and it rained the entire drive to Pickering. Not a good way to start the day.
It was about to get worse... much worse. The reason the doctor wanted me to come in wasn't because of my medications... or because I hadn't been in for a while. He had the results of the blood work. I wanted to know why I was tired all the time. I guess I got the answer... it just wasn't the one I wanted. About 2 months ago they had run some tests and part of that testing was a CBC to check the levels of white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets. A few days later they called, wanting me to come back for more tests. Both times the white blood cell count, and the platelet count came back abnormal. As you can imagine that's not a good thing. I'm pretty sure the doctor said they were both low. So when I went to see my family doctor he wanted to run the tests again and is planning to refer me to a hematologist. That doesn't sound so bad... until it was followed by this sentence, "You're likely going to need a bone marrow biopsy done." He wants to make sure the bone marrow is still producing blood cells like it should be.
No sooner had I heard those words... and had the blood work done... I was on my way back to Peterborough to head off to work. Believe me, work was not where I wanted to be. I worked my shift and then came home. I am happy to be off for the next two days. Going to try and just rest and take it easy. Now it's a waiting game. I won't know anything for the next two weeks.. and then still have to wait for the hematologist. It's the not knowing that I hate.
Right about now I should also point out there are 101 reasons why the blood cell count is low. Yes, there is leukemia. But there is also vitamin deficiencies, certain types of anemia, and a whole variety of other causes. At this point only time will tell.
It was about to get worse... much worse. The reason the doctor wanted me to come in wasn't because of my medications... or because I hadn't been in for a while. He had the results of the blood work. I wanted to know why I was tired all the time. I guess I got the answer... it just wasn't the one I wanted. About 2 months ago they had run some tests and part of that testing was a CBC to check the levels of white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets. A few days later they called, wanting me to come back for more tests. Both times the white blood cell count, and the platelet count came back abnormal. As you can imagine that's not a good thing. I'm pretty sure the doctor said they were both low. So when I went to see my family doctor he wanted to run the tests again and is planning to refer me to a hematologist. That doesn't sound so bad... until it was followed by this sentence, "You're likely going to need a bone marrow biopsy done." He wants to make sure the bone marrow is still producing blood cells like it should be.
No sooner had I heard those words... and had the blood work done... I was on my way back to Peterborough to head off to work. Believe me, work was not where I wanted to be. I worked my shift and then came home. I am happy to be off for the next two days. Going to try and just rest and take it easy. Now it's a waiting game. I won't know anything for the next two weeks.. and then still have to wait for the hematologist. It's the not knowing that I hate.
Right about now I should also point out there are 101 reasons why the blood cell count is low. Yes, there is leukemia. But there is also vitamin deficiencies, certain types of anemia, and a whole variety of other causes. At this point only time will tell.
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