Friday, March 01, 2019

Finally got that Rituxan


Two weeks ago, I went in for counts which, had they been bad, we'd've tried IVIG (another "reboot white cell production" treatment that they don't know why it works, just that it does when others have failed).  Fortunately, the earlier Neulasta had resulted in hopeful counts (near normal)

On Tuesday (Feb 26) my WBC and ANC counts had recoverd further--some actually in normal--and enough to get Rituxan (and we'll test again in 2 weeks to see if they've been tanked or have achieved robustness)

Day 1 of Ibrutinib

 I took my first pill of ibrutinib today at 7am.  The pill "wallet" (individual pills in individual "blisters" on a 4-we...