Saturday, February 28, 2009
It seems to us that last week's skin outbreaks continue to subside. The nurse and pharmacist that I see at the clinic agree. And still no sign of graft versus host disease. On Thursday, they told me to cut my tacrolimus dose in half. That's the immune system suppressing drug. I had kind of expected them to reduce it by a lesser percentage than that, as Dr. Hosing (transplant doctor) continues to express fears of graft versus host disease. We knew from our visit with Dr. Duvic (dermatologist) on Monday that she's pushing for a reduction, so I don't know if there's been a debate between the two on the extent of the reduction or not. Anyway, we're on day 3 of the new dosage, so we're continuing the symptom-improvement/gvhd watch.
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MB--
ReplyDeleteI'm still here--following along with your entries and pulling for you all the way. Sounds like things are coming along as expected. It will be great to put all this behind you. I look forward to seeing you again when you get back to A (I'm trying to code all this, as CB told me you are sensitive about identification, etc.) ;-)
Mark (who misses the calliope sound--oops, a giveaway!)
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Hey dude!
ReplyDeleteMabster and I are also keeping the watch. Hope this week has progressed evenly and that there haven't been any surprises (unless they're good ones). Your countdown to blastoff is still running, I gather. Maybe just a couple more months, you're approaching the home stretch.
The days may stretch out as you get closer to the goal line, but time is bringing you back sooner each day.