 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,606 Likes: 2 | Paul, you are exactly right. One of the purposes of regular labs is to monitor things like blood counts. Going through Hep C treatment in 2002, I had to review weekly labs in detail with the doctor's office. When neutrophils dropped to 1,500 I was instructed to wear a mask and gloves even doing yard work. I didn't realize anthrax is from the dirt until then. Neutropenia is also an ongoing issue with treatment for SOME. As in all things cancer, there is no one size or one rule fits all.
SCC Stage IV, BOT, T2N2bM0
Cisplatin/5FU x 3, 40 days radiation
Diagnosis 07/21/03 tx completed 10/08/03
Post Radiation Lower Motor Neuron Syndrome 3/08.
Cervical Spinal Stenosis 01/11
Cervical Myelitis 09/12
Thoracic Paraplegia 10/12
Dysautonomia 11/12
Hospice care 09/12-01/13.
COPD 01/14
Intermittent CHF 6/15
Feeding tube NPO 03/16
VFI 12/2016
ORN 12/2017
Cardiac Event 06/2018
Bilateral VFI 01/2021
Thoracotomy Bilobectomy 01/2022
Bilateral VFI 05/2022
Total Laryngectomy 01/2023
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