Okay, here was my plan. In as much as I've been the relatively healthy since my stem cell transplant back on 9/1/2007, I'd thought I'd take some time bringing readers up to date on how I got here.
That was until this week. Monday morning I went to my local cancer center to have blood tests, see my doctor, and get an infusion of Zometa to strengthen my bones. after I got home I slept for over 48 hours and then awoke with a case of bronchitis (which had already passed through my wife and son and Cluster headaches which kept me off my computer until today.
Before I began Thalidomide and Dexamethasone (Thal-Dex) Therapy I had a history of debilitating cluster headaches which rendered me unable to drive, watch TV, or use a computer for often days at a time. More embarassingly I had an increasingly serious case of ulcerative colitis which was no longer controlled by the prescriptions that had kept it in check for over two years. Through compleatly a side effect of my treatment, the high doses of Dexamthasone I took from mid-April through mid-July of 2007 completely did away with my colitis and my headaches (place your rude joke here: ________________________________________.)
Late last week the colitis returned. This week the headaches returned. Yesterday morning I recieved a phone call from my oncologist's office. My IGg is at 1550 (from 1300 this time last year) and he wants me to take another blood test at the end of this month.
There may be no relationship between the headaches, the colitis and the Myeloma, but I know my history and I'm not a happy camper.
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