Posted on August 29th, 2004 by Beth
Dr. O. told me about a few trials that are going to be open possibly in December for me. One has to do with anti-interleuken 6. The other, which I didn’t pay as close attention to, has to do with enhancing natural killer cell activity. I told him it sounds like a [...]
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Posted on August 29th, 2004 by Beth
My latest labs indicate that my serum IgA went down. I don’t know why or how, but I’m happy for it. I could tell there was going to be a change, because my total protein value was down for the first time in a while. It was at 6.7 mg/dL. The next [...]
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Posted on August 21st, 2004 by Beth
I saw Dr. Comeau, one of the transplant doctors at UNC last week. This was my second time meeting him, although I don’t think he remembered me. We talked about what the program at UNC entails. It’s all online at http://www.mysct.org. One of the things we talked about is my sensitivity [...]
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Posted on August 8th, 2004 by Beth
I have an appointment with one of the BMT doctors at UNC on August 19th. We’ll talk about all that’s involved. Does anyone have any suggestions for questions I should ask? UNC does have a nice site they use to explain the process: http://www.mysct.org/
The thing that scares me the most is [...]
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Posted on August 7th, 2004 by Beth
This makes me laugh every time I read it!
“They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.”
George W. Bush
August 5, 2004
Read more:
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0805042bush1.html
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Posted on August 1st, 2004 by Beth
The last several months, I’ve been on 60mg dex per week, which is 260mg per month. I changed my schedule to see if I could tolerate it better. This month I’m taking 40mg on the 1st and 2nd, then 20 on the 3rd & 4th. Then I’ll have a break and take [...]
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Posted on August 1st, 2004 by Beth
Thanks to a recommendation from a friend, I got a prescription for Prevacid (30 mg daily) and it has really put a huge dent in my dex indigestion! I haven’t suffered at all today, thank goodness.
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