His platelets have continued to drop. Every now and then they come up a little but Prof Novitzky is looking at the trend and the trend tells him they are dropping. This is in spite of the fact that he hasn't reduced the Cortisone dose any further. So today Jimmy had another bone marrow biopsy as Prof wants to rule out that nothing else is causing the low platelets.
We get these results on the 5th of October when we have an appointment to see Prof to discuss the way forward. Prof again today mentioned removing Jimmy's Spleen as he believes it's the Spleen which is gobbling up the platelets but a final decision will be made on the 5th. He wants to get Jimmy off Cortisone now as it has been a long time and there are some dreadful side effects of long time use, apart from Jimmy feeling so uncomfortable with the bloating/puffiness in his face. He says it feels like when you've been to the dentist. When Jimmy walked into the Chemo clinic today they all said 'we can see you still on Cortisone' as his face is really puffy now.
The Jimmy you all know kicked right into action and the first thing he wanted to know is how long he will be off work. Prof explained that it will be done with keyhole surgery, Jimmy will be in hospital for 2 days and back at work 4 days later. To which there was a big sigh of relief. But as I say, final decisions will be made on the 5th.
We spent a fabulous weekend up in Lutzville on the West Coast for the Komatsu Golf Day. Jimmy thoroughly enjoyed seeing everyone again and us ladies worked very hard at the watering hole ;)
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| Some of the Komatsu banners on display |
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| Prize giving |
Loren and Shannon have finished writing matric prelims and finals start on the 26th of October. Emma does her last 3rd term exam tomorrow and in just over a week the schools break up for holidays. There is great excitement and planning going on for the Matric Dance which is on the 3rd of October. I'm sure I'll have some beautiful photos to brag with next time I blog.
We're looking forward to a nice relaxing weekend camping in Kommetjie this weekend and the nice part is it's only 20 minutes down the road. And an added bonus is we're getting a visit from our friends Wayne and Samantha from Kwazulu Natal.
1 comment:
Hi Viv! Wow, the challenges never cease for all of us :( Spleen issues? ... I'll have to look that one up. Perhaps the intensity of all the meds affected it? And interesting, Cortisone vs Dexamethasone? I'm still on Dex, 20mg per week. Sometimes I take the entire dose on one day, other times I split it between 2 days to get an additional burst of energy for social events, and other times, I "cheat" and just take half the dose. Side effects sure suck with all this stuff, but it keeps us going! Hoping the biopsy results are "boring" :) Love the tractor trophy! Glad you're all out there enjoying nature and camping!! xoxo
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