Archives for “bone marrow aspirate”

Wow my counts continue to climb. Amazing: White Blood Cells: 6.0!!! Hemoglobin: 16.2!!! Platelets: 278,000 Neutrophils: 3,800!!! However, while today's bone marrow aspirate was not the most painful (the ...


Great news! I got the resutls of my fourth bone marrow aspirate. I am still clean! Good stuff.


Well I had my fourth bone marrow aspirate today. Not much fanfare anymore. I think I am getting used to it and my ...


The latest. Last week I saw my Oncologist/Hematologist. My mouth sores have not really impressed her. So we did not reduce the ...


14!

My blood counts have been great. And I guess you might say still improving. Today I had a 14 on hemoglobin. Which ...


Well, as I get these bone marrow aspirates, I get better at it. You can breath through pain and it really helps. That ...


Today is the big day! Bone marrow aspirate number three. This will tell us how the ATRA and chemotherapy have done. Painful ...


Yesterday I got my first infusion for round four. Back to good old orange Idarubicin. It kicked my butt hard in the induction ...


Today I had my blood drawn for cell counts. When I called into the nurse to get the results, she asked if I "wanted ...


I did it. I got through the bone marrow aspirate. Without morphine and without sedation. Some people have asked why I did ...