So, Joe had his spinal tap today and it didn't show any cancer cells or white blood cells in his spinal fluid, which is good. They went ahead a shoved some chemo in there while they were at it. Basically, now they're like, "Well, we don't know. Maybe it'll get better after the next round of chemo," which I for one am not very satisfied with. It could be that he has a tumor pressing a nerve between his brain and his face, or it could be something else. Nobody knows, which sucks.
Tomorrow, the oncologist is doing the bone marrow biopsy and then will decide if he's going whole hog with the next round of chemo or not. Today Joe's numbers are fabulouso, with his white blood cells at 2.7 (which means he's not nutrapenic anymore, but they've asked everyone to continue wearing masks until tomorrow, just in case) and platelets at 280! All time high!
Joe's facial hair has started falling out, so I guess the hair loss is starting at the top and traveling down. I tried pulling out some of his arm hairs, but they seemed to want to stay put. Joe wanted them to, also. Some people have no sense of humor!
The doctor gave him a prescription for his vomiting, which he takes as needed, so I'm sure that will be a great help to him. The hospital has started proceedings to get Joe on SSI/disability, which is too great for words!
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Well, it still sounds better than yesterday. I assume the CT scan and MRI showed nothing? I would have thought if there was a tumor that would have shown up there. But granted, I don't have a medical degree either so what do I know. The good blood numbers means he can kick, kick, kick and he might want to do that if Margie keeps pulling his hair!
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Sorry I didn't say, you are correct, the cat scan and MRI did not show any tumors.
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