Rheumy visit

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It snowed here in piedmont NC last night, and I was worried that I

might not be able to keep my rheumy appointment today. We live an hour

away. Since my appointment was in the afternoon, the roads were all

clear, so we made it without incident.

First I saw the rheumy Fellow that is working with the rheumy. I

expressed my concern about the low white blood cell count. He noted

that it was relatively stable and not going lower and lower. When I

asked him if he thought the radiation treatments I had two years ago

could be a factor, he agreed that they could. Then he mentioned the

possibility of sending me to a hemetologist/oncologist who could do a

bone marrow aspiration. (Is that the correct word?) That didn't sound

like a whole lot of fun, but he said it wasn't so bad if the patient

was sedated sufficiently. I asked him if he had had one, and he laughed

and said no, but he had done some. But, anyway, he said he'd discuss

the low WBC count with the rheumy and see what he thought.

When the rheumy came in, he said that he was not concerned about the

WBC count at this point and reassured me that I shouldn't worry about

it. I said that I was worried about it because I'm a worry wart, and he

laughed and kidded, " I've already told him that. " He was very pleased

at the good results that I've gotten from the Enbrel and said he wished

all his patients could get such good results.

I wish they could too, and I wish the same for all of you on the list.

Sue