No revision surgery

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DonBecker54
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No revision surgery

Postby DonBecker54 » Thu Jul 06, 2017 2:20 pm

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
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stiffupperlip
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Re: No revision surgery

Postby stiffupperlip » Thu Jul 06, 2017 7:06 pm

Don,

I'm so sorry to hear that. Hopefully you can have it done in a few months.
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ED2013
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Re: No revision surgery

Postby ED2013 » Thu Jul 06, 2017 7:51 pm

Hang in there! Hopefully you'll be able to get it done in the future!
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sliphill
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Re: No revision surgery

Postby sliphill » Thu Jul 06, 2017 8:26 pm

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.
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alibaba
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Re: No revision surgery

Postby alibaba » Fri Jul 07, 2017 12:14 am

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.
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Larry10625

Re: No revision surgery

Postby Larry10625 » Fri Jul 07, 2017 7:29 am

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
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DonBecker54
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Re: No revision surgery

Postby DonBecker54 » Fri Jul 07, 2017 7:13 pm

I've been given a couple of blood transfusions for white cells and platelets, but they didn't have any great effect.
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Larry10625

Re: No revision surgery

Postby Larry10625 » Sat Jul 08, 2017 7:29 am

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? ;)
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DonBecker54
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Re: No revision surgery

Postby DonBecker54 » Sun Jul 09, 2017 11:07 am

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.
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