Wow, it’s been a few days since my last post! Must mean all is well I guess. We’ve been a tad busy the last couple of weeks, mainly with our move. It’s amazing how much stuff you accumulate over 8 years, but it’s all in the new house now. We had some wonderful help on moving day from family and friends, and of course everybody felt that with Leukemia I was somehow unable to lift a box. So I took advantage of that a little (but not too much :-)) but all in all we were done in a mere 4 hours, so that wasn’t too bad.
On the Leukemia front I had a checkup with my doctor this month. All seems to be well, White blood count seems to be stabilizing around 3 for now, so that’s ok. As far as the Gleevec goes I’m still on 400mg per day (which is the minimum the doctor thinks should be given in order for the Gleevec to be effective), which I try to take directly after dinner. No nausea whatsoever so I think taking it after dinner is a good thing there. Jill has actually had to remind me to take it a couple of times, which I took as a sign that it doesn’t occupy my mind as much anymore. Side effects have been very minimal so far, there has been some joint/bone aches during week 2-5 but that kind of subsided after that. Read somewhere that these aches and pains meant the drugs were doing their thing, (which made me wonder after week 5 if it was still doing it’s thing). The only noticeable difference is that I’m a little less of a night owl than I used to be, I definitely get tired a little sooner but that’s not too bad to deal with. Maybe I should try and exercise a little more and see if that helps, hope I’ll actually start some sort of routine this time around (since I’ve thought that thought a few times in the past!).
On the Leukemia front I had a checkup with my doctor this month. All seems to be well, White blood count seems to be stabilizing around 3 for now, so that’s ok. As far as the Gleevec goes I’m still on 400mg per day (which is the minimum the doctor thinks should be given in order for the Gleevec to be effective), which I try to take directly after dinner. No nausea whatsoever so I think taking it after dinner is a good thing there. Jill has actually had to remind me to take it a couple of times, which I took as a sign that it doesn’t occupy my mind as much anymore. Side effects have been very minimal so far, there has been some joint/bone aches during week 2-5 but that kind of subsided after that. Read somewhere that these aches and pains meant the drugs were doing their thing, (which made me wonder after week 5 if it was still doing it’s thing). The only noticeable difference is that I’m a little less of a night owl than I used to be, I definitely get tired a little sooner but that’s not too bad to deal with. Maybe I should try and exercise a little more and see if that helps, hope I’ll actually start some sort of routine this time around (since I’ve thought that thought a few times in the past!).
Frolicked in the snow a little yesterday, which was a ton of fun! It’s great to be able to go and play in the snow for a little while and then drive for 45 minutes and be away from the cold again. That does make Southern California a nice place to live; I think we’ll miss the weather aspect upon our next move. Hope all is well with you the readers as well, I added my direct email address under my profile, for those trying to get in touch directly.
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