{"id":244,"date":"2007-05-17T15:50:47","date_gmt":"2007-05-17T14:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boraston.net\/blog\/17\/05\/2007\/thursday-guys-and-gals\/"},"modified":"2007-05-17T15:50:47","modified_gmt":"2007-05-17T14:50:47","slug":"thursday-guys-and-gals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.boraston.net\/blog\/getting-my-life-back\/thursday-guys-and-gals\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday… Guys and Gals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, just Guy’s really… yes it was check-up time again and so it was off on the silly o’clock special to London Bridge. This time with Felicity who was going off to Chelsea for an induction day for a job at the Chelsea Flower Show!<\/a> Maybe the garden will be looking good in a couple of weeks???<\/p>\n

The visit was again it was pretty routine stuff, although this time I had 7 test tubes of blood extracted, some of those extra ones were for another chimerism test to check that my DNA is still 100% donor (in the blood department).<\/p>\n

My consuultation with Dr Kazmi (big boss) went well. He remarked that one of the enzymes that characterises liver function was slightly above normal at 77 instead of the normal upper level of 70, but since people with hepatitis have levels in the 1000s it isn’t too much to worry about! (However GvHd can affect the liver so it is something to keep an eye on). One reason could be a slight iron overload from the blood transfusions.<\/p>\n

My kidney function is still down, characterised by higher than average creatinine levels. Part of this is caused by the chemo, however being slightly dehydrated can cause this, as can developing muscle. I am exercising more, and so that could be a reason why that is up slightly. Again no cause to worry, but something just to watch. As for the sore mouth, I am being referred to the oral specialist to see if there is anything else that can be done to improve things.<\/p>\n

It was good to see Mark and Sarah this morning (both fellow transplant patients). Mark was looking a lot better than the last time I saw him, helped by his return from a holiday. Sarah (of like2like<\/a> fame was also looking good!<\/p>\n

As the whole process had taken just under an hour, I arranged to meet up with a work colleague for tea\/coffee and a large slice of full fat carrot cake and then it was back home again!<\/p>\n

On the computer front, I have now got my Ipod working with Amrok (pretty good on a linux machine as Apple don’t support it) and have subscribed to a couple of podcasts (including The Electrical Language<\/a> music podcast hosted by friend Gabor. He really does find some good independent music tracks – give it a listen!<\/p>\n

So that is about it for today, and since the last thing I ate was that full fat carrot cake, I think I might just have a bacon sarnie!<\/p>\n

Next check up in four weeks, so Onwards and Upwards!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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