HewRon wrote:
>
> Hi all again
>
> The visit to the doctor this evening was all right. I don't need any
> transfusions right now, but he thinks a visit to the big house might be
> necessary one day next week, so he is going to book a space in case it is
> needed. Meantime, to my disappointment, it turns out the injection method of
> increasing red cells won't work for me, because it is premised on your body
> not producing all the stuff the marrow needs to put out a nice lot of red
> cells. As it turns out, my body is doing that, and just about everything else,
> very nicely thank you. It is just that in leukemia, as the blood test showed,
> the marrow doesn't use those ingredients properly, which is why there is
> anemia. However, that anemia could be self-correcting, which only time will
> tell. Meantime we will continue doing what we have been doing, checking things
> out on a twice-weekly basis. Platelets via injection are a distinct
> possibility, however, and he is still looking into that.
>
> That is a brief report on what happened subsequent to my finger prick this
> evening and my special blood test on Tuesday.
>
> Thank you for your good wishes. Have a good evening, everyone, and restful
> sleep filled with happy dreams.
>
> God bless
>
> -- Ron
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dearest Ron,
I am thinking of you...hope the springtime brings you a wonderful
energy.
love ya,
lizabeth's friend-sylvia
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