Background Info

It's been said that I am not an open book. I can live with that. But don't be surprised that I now have a blog. The purpose is to give everyone a place to get the latest on Marye's condition. Also, this way I won't have to make numerous calls to all of Marye's fans to keep everyone updated (she has a lot of fans). Having said that, I'm more than happy to talk to her fans and give any additional information or answer questions to anyone. I just prefer to do that via private phone calls or emails, which is why I'm using this and not a Facebook group.

I'll start by giving the background of what's happened since July 30, 2011, then start with daily updates. Start at the bottom for the whole story.

I will try to update this page every day as often as possible with her treatment and status. As I get more familiar with the features, I'll add links and email features, etc. Thanks.

-Chris

Friday, September 30, 2011

Bloodwork

Today was Marye's nadir-- meaning halfway between chemo treatments-- so we went down for some bloodwork to see how things are going.  Well, it seems that the neupogen injections are working, since her white blood cell count was up over 12 (from 1.1 on Tuesday).  Also, her hemaglobin was better, so the transfusion helped, as well.  She still doesn't have much energy, but it has been somewhat better lately.

Also, I forgot to mention in the last post that she got a prescription for marinol this week.  So she's been taking that, and it's having some good effects.  Meaning, it seems to help with the nausea most- if not all- of the time.  Well, she's been up a little bit more than ususal, so that's a good thing.

There is not much going on until the 13th of October, which is her next chemo treatment.  I don't expect that I'll be posting much until then, but I will post a few times to let you all know how she's feeling.

Hope everyone has a good weekend.  I may play some golf on Saturday.

-Chris
Posted by Chris at 10:34 PM