Glenn approached our appointment with a great deal of apprehension and concern. While we were in SLC for testing he carried the fear of the unknown with him. I was not so worried just more concerned that Glenn would be disappointed he had not made progress or things had stayed the same. Without a great [...]
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Good News!
Posted in Glenn's Myeloma, Journal on November 20, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Testing in Salt Lake City
Posted in Glenn's Myeloma, Journal on November 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Glenn and I arrived in SLC late Saturday night to begin his 3 month testing. We’ll be here until Wednesday. They will be assessing his “myeloma markers” and see how his 2 stem cell transplants and chemotherapy have helped him. We are hopeful but for Glenn this is a reminder of the fact that he [...]
New life
Posted in Glenn's Myeloma on June 12, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Glenn received 4 bags of stem cells. He smells like new life and is having a rough time. The nausea and vomiting are present and the gemcitabine is giving him puffy red irritated eyes. His blood counts are down and he is officially neutropinic. He has no appetite so we are giving him Boost or [...]
Transplant 1 complete
Posted in Glenn's Myeloma on April 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Glenn and I headed up to the Huntsman for labs and our “exit” appointment with Dr. Zangari, Dr. Tricot’s partner, on Monday afternoon. Dr. Tricot was out of town for the week and Glenn’s appointment was more of a formality than anything. His counts are good, slowly coming up, and his RSV still is hanging [...]
RSV
Posted in Glenn's Myeloma on April 4, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Glenn’s fever has fluctuated from 102.7 to normal. They have finally discovered that he has RSV, a respiratory illness most of us have heard of in children. For most of us, as adults, it presents as the common cold that won’t go away, for Glenn it is more serious because of his lack of an [...]
