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Originally Posted by bailie
From the BMB, what was his blast percentage?
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I assume they were normal. I don't have a copy of the report handy. I know they said he showed no chromosomal abnormalities.
It's his HCT that's dropped since his last round of labs -- from 37 to 30 and that's concerned his doctor enough to bump his monitoring up to once a month. Also, his B12 dropped from 900 to 400, despite B12 shots + massive daily sublingual doses. His RBCs and HGB are both out of range and have been for a long while -- but remain steady/ have not dropped any further.
So the HCT & B12, plus a 10 lb weight loss, were the only measurable / quantitative things that have changed since October.
As his wife of 15 years, that 10 lb weight loss is particularly alarming to me. I know what he eats. I know he's not been trying to lose weight. I see what he eats. He hasn't lost his appetite, and he's eating quite well. He eats breakfast -- something he didn't use to do, but he has some nausea lately (he thinks it's from the sublingual B12) and eating something in the morning helps it. He eats a sandwich or sub for lunch at work. He then eats a big dinner, and often finishes off half of mine too. We are deliberately eating a lot of calorie-rich foods lately, and way more red meat than either of us like since all of this started. Oysters, burgers, steak, etc. Because I've been making an effort here and we share meals, I've gained 15 lbs myself -- and yet his pants are falling off of him!!! I'm going to have to buy him new ones -- with a 30 inch waist?