I talked with Reznick and he said it would take 3-6 months for me to be back to normal. He said the heavy metals stay in the body for a while.
I've also been told that I'm very close to being classified as anemic. That means my body is not creating enough Red Blood cells. I am now getting a new medication to help generate red blood cells and it's called Aranesp and it's only about $3000 a shot and I only need to one I'm getting today. This condition is not a normal thing for me and is a condition of the chemo. In the most extreme cases, a blood transfusion is necessary. They do not feel that I am in that catagory.
So, I've got a couple minutes left for today and then we are heading home. Jen and I watched the Bourne Ultimatum and it was pretty good. We have the Hoax for tomorrow.
I will try to post tomorrow.
Sam
Aranesp
Sam Williams
Monday, January 7, 2008
Day 64.1
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Sam,
It seems as though I could make a joke about you never really being "Normal" or about heavy metal in your body but I am not sure any of that is approperate~it may be funny but not necessiarily approperate.
I am thinking of you as always and praying that this is the last round that you will ever have to endour of Chemo. That with each step you are releasing all of these "last's" and that they are a part of your past and not the present.
Reading Greg's site has made me so greatful that you did not wait any longer to see the doctor and that your cancer was not as easily disguised in other symptoms as it appears that Greg's was. There by the grace of G-d go I!
I love you,
Heather
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