I went seven weeks between blood draws and my infusion of IVIG to coat and protect my platelets.
The CBC is usually reported back within minutes at the oncology suite.
The fact that it was all basically normal is not the news.
What is new is that I didn't demand to see it immediately. My oncologist didn't review it before walking in the room.
Both of us have grown to expect that it would be boring, and boring it was.
Hgb which goes up and down for no reason was back to a normal 14.2.
Platelets were staying high and dry at 381,000
My ALC was about 1.0
Blood chemistries were all good except for a slightly low protein level. Uric acid was 5.6. LDH was stable and normal. Still waiting for my immunoglobulins.
It wasn't all that long ago that I dreaded this lab test and waited anxiously to see if the results would land me an unplanned infusion chair or an urgent hospital admission.
How times have changed.
Thank you ibrutinib.
Now I go 8 weeks between visits.