Strength Today

Gleevec is rocking the house! The Oncology office called me this morning on the way to work. Cindy at the office got the results of my Monday tests last night and just couldn't wait to hit me with the good news.

In 3 weeks my WBC counts have gone from 211 to 23! The upper bounds of normal is 10.9. My hemoglobin is climbing (good thing) and my platelet counts are dropping (good thing). Talk about some good news.

And to top it all off, I've yet to experience any notable side effects. I had a couple sluggish days earlier in the week, but I attribute that to sleeping lousy. I think my body knows that we have a swanky, new memory foam mattress being delivered Saturday.

I've also been easing back into the gym. I had an awesome workout yesterday and had to call ahead to have them pull out the extra plates from the back room. Well, maybe I didn't do that, but I felt real good and strong. I figure I'll just start back at 3 or 4 days a week again.

This last month has been crazy. The spectrum of emotions I've felt is indescribable. It's been the longest month of my life, but at the same time the most incredible. The extreme highs (and lows), the amazing people I've met, the volumes I've learned... So many positives derived from one massive negative. I know that my story is very different than a lot of people before me with this same disease. Medical breakthroughs have cut me some major slack. I know it's still early and I most likely have some bumps in the road to come, but today I feel like the luckiest person in the world. Keep on truckin'!

Posted by James on 8/24/2006 at 8/24/2006 09:48:00 AM | Permalink