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The higher the high

The further there is to fall.

As if it wasn't bad enough I started having withdrawal pains Monday night about not riding my bike, after not riding for about a week, and then over sleeping yesterday morning, and not able to get a ride in before work [and it was too hot afterwards], today I had a visit with my oncologist, and discovered my platelets dropped to a minuscule 112 thou/cumm, well below the norm of 140 to 400 thou/cumm.

I had noticed a little more fullness in my spleen the last couple of days, but that isn't really anything unusual. I often have those feelings. They come and go all the time. Even this morning they seemed to have dissipated, and I felt good riding the bike, but that was before seeing my oncologist.

Of course now I am experiencing a sensation of fullness again, along with a some feelings of trepidation. Low platelets and fullness in the spleen is a good indication of a malfunctioning spleen, especially when all my other counts were essentially stable.

It's as if I'm being punished for having had such a great time this past weekend, and/or pissing off that friend of mine a week or two ago.

My best hope is it was a lab error, and if not, a few good hard bike rides, might shock my body into recovering. I will definitely be riding my bike into work tomorrow.

Or maybe it's the 1000 IU of vitamin D I just started taking a couple of weeks ago. I knew there was a reason I don't like taking supplements.

Oh well, stay tuned. I'll know more next week. I've got another blood test scheduled for Monday.
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Becky said…
You are not being punished for enjoying life and/or speaking your mind. You need to relax and wait for the next test. That's an order!
3:17 PM
Marc said…
Yeah, maybe, but I'm still not going to take any more vitamin D for awhile.
8:10 AM
Knock on wood | Living with MCL said…
[...] the oncologist, and my platelets are back to normal (198 thou/cumm), which is a wee bit better then the 112 thou/cumm reported on my last test. So my instincts were correct, that was obviously a bad [...]
8:48 AM
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