Monday, 17 October 2011

medical update

The bloodtest review today with the doctor went well. The numbers are stable. I am very happy and thankful there are a couple of good numbers.
1) The m-band at 4.35g/L has improved with the present light regiment of Revlimid 10mg daily for 3 weeks and  Dexa 20mg once per week for 3 weeks. Each cycle is 3 wks on and 2 wks off.
2) Zometa has been reduced from 3 monthly interval to 6 monthly (I was prepared for the infusion today but glad that it was not needed!). This is because Bone Mineral Density test showed improvement. BMD for the spine - from one year ago T at 0.0 to present T at 0.4, improvement of 4.7%. BMD for the hip - T -0.3 to -0.2, improvement of 0.6%
3) Cholesterol at 197, LDL 90, HDL 73, Trig 171 - are all within range. LDL at below 100 together with homocysteine at 9.41 (below 10) indicates the risk for clot is minimised.
4) Glycated HbA1C remains at ideal level 5.4 - this is great - I was concerned for diabetes risk due to the continuous steroids intake.
In general, my physical well-being is good with less fatigue than when I was on Revlimid at 15 mg (started with reduced dose of 10mg only 2 months ago) and especially with 2 weeks to rest and recover, helps. It shows that less is not bad.
MDS - according to doc, Vidaza has probably helped to control mds and allowed the medication to work on the myeloma.... so.... vidaza at 6 monthly interval. Looks like a concurrent treatment for both mm and mds is the course for me.


                     
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M-band g/L
5.2
5.66
5.03
4.68
4.35
IgG
(6.5-16)
11.6
11.1
10.0
10.6
9.83
IgA
(0-7-3.8)
1.26
1.55
1.22
1.15
1.19
IgM
(0.5–2.0)
0.49
0.571
0.516
0.486
0.456
B2M
607-2454
1561
1273
1673
1634
1573
Album
(37 – 51)
40
41
40
40
39
WBC
(4 – 11)
2.95
2.88
2.13
4.16
3.44
ANC Neutr
1.56
1.296
0.958
2.288
1.857
RBC
(3.8 – 5.4)
4.46
4.48
4.29
4.34
4.04
HGB
(11.5 -16)
13.9
13.7
13.0
13.2
12.7
PLT
140 – 460
162
247
293
205
220
ALP Heat Stable
45
49
37
59
48
AST/SGOT
(0-40)
33



30
ALT/SGPT
(3-40)
45



54
Creatinine
(0.4-1.1)
0.73
0.72
0.84
0.8
0.8
Calcium
(8.4-10.4)
9.68
9.64
9.56
9.48
9.6
Vit D3
(18-78)


29


HbA1c



5.5
5.4







140708
121108
191009
181010
101011
BMD
hip
T-0.6
T -0.3
Z 0.7
T – 0.1
Z 0.8
T -0.3
Z  0.6
T-0.2
Z 0.7
BMD
spine
T-0.3
T -0.1
Z 0.5
T 0.0
Z 0.9
T 0.0
Z 1.0
T 0.4
Z 1.4









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