I hardly slept last night, but I made up for it today. I slept well from 7 am until 1 pm. Every bone and muscle aches, it seems, and I have a sore throat and sinus congestion. Believe it or not, I made through all of 2005 (except the beginning of January) [...]
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This is from ePocrates
Common Reactions
thrombocytopenia
neutropenia
diarrhea
pruritus
fatigue
rash
constipation
nausea
nasopharyngitis
arthralgia
pyrexia
back pain
peripheral edema
dizziness
headache
cough
muscle cramps
dyspnea
vomiting
asthenia
epistaxis
dry skin
abdominal pain
anemia
infection
hypokalemia
anorexia
insomnia
peripheral neuropathy
Serious Reactions
severe birth defects
thrombocytopenia
nuetropenia
thromboembolism
leukopenia
anemia
pancytopenia
rash, severe
pneumonia
sepsis
multiple organ failure
syncope
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I had a migraine day today. It started last night and was still there when I woke up this morning. I took every kind of pain reliever I have and some ativan, too. I feel better than I did this morning, but not normal yet. I think I’m just going to [...]
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For some reason, lizards keep diving into the pool. We’ve rescued a few, but this morning I was too late to save one. I hate that the pool is a silent killer.
Lizards really creep me out. Some day I might post the story about a cat eating a lizard.
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I got the results of my blood tests yesterday. My IgA and M-spike are the same as last month. There are two m-spikes: 0.1 and 0.2 g/dL. My IgA is 488 mg/dL. Last month it was 493. My WBC is lower than it’s ever been before, but still in the [...]
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My forecast for today is hot and partly swimmy. I have to be careful about being in the sun too much. I use sunscreen, but forget to keep reapplying it. Then I get burned.
Yesterday was fun. Jacob came over and we spent a couple of hours outside playing. It’s [...]
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Yesterday I was at Dr. P’s office to have some blood drawn. I’ll go back again next week for Zometa and to get the results from yesterday’s labs. I mentioned that, since I went to standard dose dex, I’ve been having a lot more problems with queasiness and nausea. They said [...]
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We’ve been having great weather here. It’s not quite warm enough to swim, but I do it anyway. Once the initial shock of the cold wears off, it’s fun. What’s more fun is when the kids are here. We have a floating basketball thingy to play with, for one thing.
My [...]
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I’ve been very, very crabby lately. I think it’s because I just came off of 4 months of high dose dex. I’m not sure. I’ll have to report this to my doctor when I see him next week. I don’t want to take more dex, so that’s not a solution to [...]
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This is an experiment I’m trying to help a friend. My blog gets a lot of visitors every day, from people like you and from lots of the search engines. Every link I put on this page is also indexed. What I want to do is try to learn more about how blogs [...]
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When you have a pool, you have to turn off the pump at night. If you don’t, you’ll find dead animals in your skimmer. I found a product called FrogLog, that I set up at night to help little animals get out of the pool if they fall in. Since I’ve been [...]
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I’ll be going to the IMF seminar in Philadelphia in August with my friend J. We’ll drive up on the 4th so we can be there on the 5th. I’m looking forward to seeing everyone again (Suzanne, Susie, Dr. Durie). JG lives nearby, so I’ll make some time to stop & see [...]
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This is the result of my SPEP on May 3.
Hi Beth, Your results from 5/3/06:
M-spike in beta 2 = 0.2, gamma 0.1. Last results I have are on 3/8/06 when M-spike in beta was 0.3 and gamma was 0.2.
Let me know if questions.
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Yesterday when I had my monthly appointment, I was planning on meeting a list friend whom I’ll call B. I called B’s cell phone and the person answering told me that B had been admitted to the hospital! I found the right room and stopped to say hello. It wasn’t the kind [...]
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I finished the 4th cycle of rev/dex and am now starting number 5. The good thing about this is that I am now on standard dose of dex. Thank goodness. My IgA is at 468 mg/dL now, too. The lowest yet. IgG: 273 mg/dL and IgM: 36. I remember [...]
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