Re: Enlarged Spleen - any danger?

October 14, 2011

Yes I'm sure. The oncologist measures my spleen every visit.

I wonder if it was a world record spleen!

It has been 3 weeks since my first round of BR treatment,

and the response has been beyond my best hopes. My spleen

shrank in size by 80%.

Almost all of my lymph nodes, which were previously 2 - 5

cm, are now undetectible.

WBC from 500,000 to 8.2 Platelets started at 118, went down

as far as 65, and are now 111. Anemia is improving with Hg

at 9.4, up from 7.2.

I lost 22 pounds in two days, mostly the spleen, fluid in

the abdomen, and edema in the legs and ankles.

Round two of treatment is on Monday/Tuesday.

Ron

Mark wrote:

Ron,

24 cm (9 " ) below the rib cage. Are you sure? That would be

just about to my thigh.

October 15, 2011

Ron, What reaction to the BR routine? I had 1 treatment with

just Bendamustine and get Rituxan added the first of Nov. In

a week the WBC went from 117K to 107K which doesn't seem

like much. I've been worried about my weight loss. Maybe my

enlarged spleen is shrinking also.

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