He has had a cough for several weeks now and had two different types of medication to help get rid of it, but it doesn't ever fully go away. Doctor decided to prescribe Bactrim for him. He has had this medication before and it seemed to be okay, meaning not too many side affects. He is to take it daily for one week and then twice a week for maintenance. We'll see how this goes.
Blood counts are somewhat like they have been for a long time now. I'm posting the flowsheet so I don't have to type everything, and you can still see the normal range (Latest Ref Rng), and all of the counts for the previous draws up to the last one in December. The red arrows at the right of the rows show the counts I usually share.
You might notice that the Absolute Neutrophils have been 0.0(LL) for the last two weeks. Normally they wouldn't let it get so low, and remain there, without giving him a Neulasta shot to help bring it back up. This time is different however, because they don't want to stimulate the MDS with that shot. So, he's running on empty when it comes to the Absolute Neutrophils, but the Bactrim should kind of take the place of those counts and fight off illness, to help him be more healthy. We are hoping it helps in a noticeable way.
Terry will keep taking the Revlimid, have weekly blood draws, monthly doctor visits, and then probably a bone marrow biopsy in April.
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