Just a quick update to let everyone know what is going on
around here these days J
Yesterday was my first day back to work at my old job. I am working part time (Wed-Friday) about
15-20 hrs a week as needed. I won’t be
able to go out to the emergency rooms like I was doing before, but I will be
answering calls on the crisis line, helping callers get registered for intakes
and/or referred to the correct agency for different types of services and
helping find psychiatric placement for our clients who need inpatient
psychiatric care. I must say, it feels
great to be back. My coworkers are SO
amazing and brought cupcakes to the office yesterday that said “welcome home
Chellie” J
I saw the doctor yesterday and overall he is still pleased
with my progress. I have 2 massive
bruises on my shins which I have NO CLUE where they came from and they look
pretty knarly. Dr. Nash is concerned
about them and wants me to keep an eye on them for the next several days to
make sure they don’t look worse (if they do, I will have to go back in to the
clinic and have him re-evaluate and possibly do some bloodwork to test my
clotting factors again (although my platelet count has been within the normal
range for the past 3 weeks…so that is good). J
My liver function started correcting itself on its own but
the docs (both my Kaiser doc, and transplant doc) agreed that they wanted me
back on the liver protecting medication while I remain on the antiviral
medication (which is the med that Dr. Nash believes caused my liver function
tests to come back elevated). So, I have
restarted that medication and have also started taking the oral/pill form of
the magnesium and potassium supplements that my body needs (and I have been
getting via IV infusion nightly for the past 2 months since the Norovirus got
the best of me in late Nov). As soon as
I can get up to 12-15 magnesium pills and 4-5 potassium pills per day (probably
a month or two from now) we should be able to stop the IV infusions and just
rely on the oral supplements to do the job.
I am looking forward to that and feel that I’ve done this “dance” with
the starting and increasing the magnesium pills super slowly (they can easily
upset the GI tract if you go to fast) many times before, so I am an “old pro”
at this part now J
lol
Next month will be my 1 year “re-birthday”! I can’t believe its been this long
already. I will have to get a ton of
extra bloodwork done, another bone marrow biopsy, as well as repeat pulmonary
function and bone density tests to see where I stand now vs.
pre-transplant. Fingers crossed that
it’s the same as before and that there hasn’t been any decrease in my lung
function or my bone density!
That is all the latest medical news I have for you
guys. We have found a new daycare
provider for Scotty and we are very excited for him to start with her
mid-March. I am sure Scotty will miss
his time with Grandma Judy, as she has been helping us with him several days
each week for the past 2 months, but I know he is a very adaptable kiddo and
will also very much enjoy going back to the daycare setting where he gets to
play with other kiddos! J
John and I had an absolutely amazing weekend at the
Broadmoor Resort in Colorado Springs a few weekends ago to celebrate “making it
through the past year” and the fact that I have been in remission for about a
year now. We were treated to amazing
accommodations in one of the resorts “Brownstone” properties and also got to
enjoy a morning at the Broadmoor Spa and we took advantage of their new bowling
alley on one of the evenings. Thanks
again for the gift certificate, Jim & Maren…you guys are amazingly generous
and we felt so special! It was an
awesome way to relax, celebrate and energize ourselves after such a challenging
year!
-Chellie
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