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The trend is down

While there is still quite a bit of scatter (and those are 6 month moving average data points), everything that counts, i.e. lymphocytes, platelets and hemoglobin, are slowly moving down. I only wish the platelets and hemoglobin were moving in the opposite direction of the lymphocytes , then I might be a lot happier. Just not sure how that opposite trend bodes.





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ed said…
so it looks like all counts were up in 12/2010, and since then are moving down.- are they alarmingly low?
1:50 AM
Marc said…
Well, you really have to filter out the scatter, even using a 6 month moving average.

If I had plotted the data from day one you would see the trend for hemoglobin and platelets are down, and continuing down. It's just been a very slow trend down. Lymphocytes originally moved up until about '08, and are now on a downward path, which would be a good thing, if the hemoglobin and platelets were rising. That just isn't the case.

The platelets are not at an alarmingly low rate, but they're not far off. I've just never been an overly optimistic person, so I always expect the worse.
4:04 AM
John Longmore said…
Great blog - I find it easy reading and captivating.

Good luck with your fight - I too have mcl and are in early remission.

Just a dumb question - what blog provider do you use?

Kindest regards

John l
9:20 PM
Alan Posner said…
I'm not at all impressed. Your platelet count is low normal. The range of your Hb (from high to low is only) is 0.8

I don't think you have enough data points to say these numbers are worsening (to a statistical significant degree).
8:06 PM
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