12 January 2009 - 4th Cycle of Chemotherapy

Following last week's low platelet count we returned to the hospital today for further blood test. Results:

White blood cells - 9.1 K/uL (reference range 4.1 - 10.9)
Red blood cells - 4.0M/uL (reference range 4.2 - 6.3)
Platelets - 308 K/uL (reference range 140 - 440)

An excellent result. We did not see Dr Sanghera (the clinic was very busy) but saw his registrar instead. He prescribed the chemotherapy at the same dose as for the previous cycle (380 mg per day).

We also discussed Deb's steroid dose. It was agreed that she would drop from the current dose of 1.5 mg to 1.0 mg per day. We tried this before and went back up to 1.5 when Deb started to get more severe headaches. We will see how it goes.

Deb has received an appointment for a further MRI scan. This will take place at the Edgbaston Hospital ( a private hospital near the QE) on 29 January. We are not sure if this is the spectroscopy MRI scan or the next routine scan.