Today’s visit with the doctor was for blood work and a “how are you doing?” visit. The blood testing results continue to improve in most areas which most likely accounts for my increased energy levels. Platelets dipped a bit but, hemoglobin is up which is good for energy and bike riding and I’m sure a host of other things too. Normal hemoglobin is 140 – 180 and platelets in the range of 140 – 440, so still well below the guidelines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nThe white blood cells are recovering and up from the last doctor visit and from an all time low of 0 in the hospital. Still a ways to go as the “normal” range is 4.5 -11.0. Key takeaway is that as the WBC improves I’ll be more able to fight off infections, viruses etc. This could come in handy these days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Next doctor visit is August 7th. Then it will be a PET <\/a>scan<\/a> on August 20th and a review of the PET scan results on August 25th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I’m still taking it pretty easy but I do have a group ride planned for this Wednesday. I hope they take it easy on me, or I’m up to the challenge of a faster and longer ride. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Its been 20 days since hospital discharge and today was the second in person follow-up with the doctor. I’m continuing to improve and several bodily functions are returning to a more normal status. A couple of days ago I noticed a real positive change in my energy level and went out for a 56km ride … <\/p>\n