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No revision surgery
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2017 2:20 pm
by DonBecker54
I was scheduled for revision surgery with Dr. Eid on 7/19. My blood count is waaaaaaaay too low, though, so surgery is out of the question.
Damn
Re: No revision surgery
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2017 7:06 pm
by stiffupperlip
Don,
I'm so sorry to hear that. Hopefully you can have it done in a few months.
Re: No revision surgery
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2017 7:51 pm
by ED2013
Hang in there! Hopefully you'll be able to get it done in the future!
Re: No revision surgery
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2017 8:26 pm
by sliphill
DonBecker54 wrote:I was scheduled for revision surgery with Dr. Eid on 7/19. My blood count is waaaaaaaay too low, though, so surgery is out of the question.
Damn
Sorry to hear that Don. Yogurt, zinc, selenium, garlic, and folic acid are all said to raise the white blood count.
Re: No revision surgery
Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2017 12:14 am
by alibaba
Very very sorry to hear this. Sending you a hug via many electrons. Did you talk to your doctor about using testosterone to bring your counts up? I had brought this up to several of my doctors watching my own labs. They all scoffed at it so I started charting my T and blood counts writing a script for draws every month so I had a lot of data. There was direct relationship. Showed 2 years of charting to my internist and now he is a believer. Have faith bud. You are in our prayers.
Re: No revision surgery
Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2017 7:29 am
by Larry10625
DonBecker54 wrote:I was scheduled for revision surgery with Dr. Eid on 7/19. My blood count is waaaaaaaay too low, though, so surgery is out of the question.
Damn
There's now chance it will come up in time for the surgery.
Larry
Re: No revision surgery
Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2017 7:13 pm
by DonBecker54
I've been given a couple of blood transfusions for white cells and platelets, but they didn't have any great effect.
Re: No revision surgery
Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2017 7:29 am
by Larry10625
DonBecker54 wrote:I've been given a couple of blood transfusions for white cells and platelets, but they didn't have any great effect.
Well, that just sucks. Sorry for your bad luck my friend. Did he say when he will be able to try again? Is there a new date set?
Re: No revision surgery
Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2017 11:07 am
by DonBecker54
We agreed to wait until my blood numbers get back to normal. That may happen, or it may happen.
As for yogurt and such, I don't mean to be snippy, but Leukemia is a 100% fatal disease. My chances of living just a couple more years are less than 5%. I don't think some items from the pantry are going to do the trick. If they did, I'd be getting IV's of yogurt every day.