to Laguna Beach and back, there’s nothing like a nice hot shower and a nap to rejuvenate you.
Unfortunately, I don’t have the luxury of partaking of the nap portion today, as we are going to a friends house for a 4th of July barbecue in Santa Monica, and some friends are picking us up in about 10 minutes.
At least this time, I’ll have a reason for being tired besides a low hemoglobin.
Well, I’m back from my visit to my oncologist (followed by a 18 holes of golf), and I received the results of my latest blood test.
While the results didn’t continue in the direction I was hoping, based on last months test, they were somewhat encouraging none the less.
My absolute lymphocyte count (ALC) rose to about where it was two months ago, 88 thou/cumm, indicating last months test, as I expected, was a fluke. But the results are essentially where my ALC was in July of last year, which I am assuming means my disease is relatively stable at this point.
Hemoglobin was slightly lower at 12.5 g/dl, but still above the low of 11.9 g/dl two months ago.
One good trend, that has continued is my RDW, which has continued on a down trend for the last several months, going form a high of 16.7 to 14.8 as of today, although my oncologist didn’t put much credence in the test either way.
Still I was encouraged.