Much to our delight, they conferred with Dr. Safah who told him to stop the Thalidomide. (As well as the Coumadin) Dom was scheduled to go off of the "poison" in July, which will be his 2 year post transplant anniversary.....aka his Second Birthday. (I'm dreading going through his "terrible twos" LOL )
His numbers continue to increase, too. Thus, she felt no trepidation about stopping the Thalidomide. Hurrah for The Dominic!
So now, we're just looking at his monthly infusion of Zometa! ZOMETA INFO
"Most multiple myeloma patients develop bone disease, which can cause bone fractures that are extremely painful and debilitating. The current gold standard for treating myeloma bone disease is bisphosphonates, a class of drugs that slow the breakdown of bone, thereby reducing the number of fractures."
HCT: 35.7
WBC: 5.4
ANC: 3000
PLATELET: 231
3 comments:
That is truly wonderful news, you two!
But I wish you would read Margaret's post about the concerns for using zometa over increasing real calcium and other natural bone-building elements...
It is so encouraging to read about successes with STCs and so far so good for my relative with the STC as well.
And by the way, that is an awesome picture of your sweetie in that fashion-flair hat!
Dom will be flattered, my friend! I can picture him blushing as I post.
I'll have to look for Margaret's post... and discuss it with the good doctor. Thanks for the kind wishes, honey!
Nan
Yay on getting to ditch some meds. :D
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