...It's another!
Tuesday was quite the long day for me. I was at Sloan by 7 AM. I had my CT scans and my PET Scan. After those were all finished i had to get my IVIG (Passive Immune System.) It was a very busy day. I finally left the city at round 5 o'clock and it only took me a glorious 2 HOURS to get home!! Ohhh how much I love the LIE.
Luckily I was at Sloan long enough for them to give me all my test results the same day! Still no more cancer! Everything is great!!
Except we have a new little problem...
If you remember, since I started treatment I had a mediport put in my chest. Essentially, it's a central line. When they took it out to put in a temporary triple line for my bone marrow transplant, they noticed that the vein it was in was all clotted up... this happens from having a line in for an extended period of time... no big deal.
However, on this latest round of scans they noticed that the clotting grew.
Medical term: Thrombosis
There could be two reasons for this: 1. Once the clot forms, it's easy for the clot to grow, and may just be a one time thing, or 2. I have a genetic defect which causes clotting.
They took some blood to run the genetic tests, but those won't be back for two weeks. In either case, I've been put on blood thinners and that will do the trick. However, if it is one of those genetic defects, I might have to be on the blood thinners for quite a while. It's one shot twice a day... no big deal.
But all in all, no cancer is the most important thing!
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Nick,
Read the Blog. Glad to hear the cancer is still gone! On the plus side, blood thinners is a good excuse to not have to help out in the kitchen. You don't want to cut yourself on a knife or anything. Be strong.
Anne Matheus
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