At my appointment today, my blood platelets were fully in the normal range, and my white cells, at 3.9, were just a tiny bit below normal (which is either 4.0 or 4.5). My red cells were still below normal, but had also improved since last time.
They also confirmed that I can stop taking my twice a day Pepcid (I'd missed a dose, noticed no heart burn and minimal nausea, and so had skipped all since). That's also good because we'd like my normal stomach acid to come back--as long as the heart burn stays away (which it has)-- and help me digest better and kill food bacteria.
We're also trying to repopulate my gut bacteria. Apparently my pneumonia-prevention antibiotic will have minimal effect on my gut, and so now's a good time to add probiotics (cultured/fermented foods) and prebiotics (soluable fiber) to my diet.
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good news!
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