Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML) Support Group
Acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), also known as acute myeloid leukemia, is a cancer of the myeloid line of blood cells. Patients with AML usually present with symptoms such as fatigue, bleeding, infection, prompting medical attention. An abnormal blood test reading will then result in further testing in a hospital with a hematologist to determine AML.
I saw my doctor this morning; all is going well. All numbers look good. I'm feeling well. My next, and, I hope, last chemo session will begin June 16. We had to find a way to fit it in my increasingly busy summer schedule, though of course I want to get this over as soon as possible and then go wild maybe.
Of all her recent leukemia patients I'm the only one who doesn't need BMT, probably because of the NPM-1, which I guess is relatively rare.
Tomorrow is Relay for Life in my town. I'll be going though not as part of any fund-raising team. They have a victory lap for survivors and also one for caregivers, which would be my wife.
Speaking of whom does anyone have any good ideas for something really nice to do for her? She has been marvelous in all this, not panicking (at least outwardly), taking me to the hospital, visiting every day, giving me neupogen shots, flushing my PICC line, wrapping it every morning for my shower, etc.
Steve
Of all her recent leukemia patients I'm the only one who doesn't need BMT, probably because of the NPM-1, which I guess is relatively rare.
Tomorrow is Relay for Life in my town. I'll be going though not as part of any fund-raising team. They have a victory lap for survivors and also one for caregivers, which would be my wife.
Speaking of whom does anyone have any good ideas for something really nice to do for her? She has been marvelous in all this, not panicking (at least outwardly), taking me to the hospital, visiting every day, giving me neupogen shots, flushing my PICC line, wrapping it every morning for my shower, etc.
Steve
We also look forward to the last "bottom out" and the figures slowly rising back :)
Cross fingers for you that all goes well over the next couple of days :)
Hope you will be out of the hospital soon.
Be blessed,
lily
Sorry to hear about the infection. I had my line taken out last week. I was thankful, one less site of Inge toon to worry about. Feel better.
Andrea
Don't worry about that line infection. It got your doctors to take your line out, which is very liberating. When I left the hospital after my transplant, my line had been removed. I was thrilled to get it out.
Foreign bodies in the the body (like lines and catheters) are set-ups for infection. My guess is that you got a Staph epidermidis infection, which is due to a type of Staph that we all have on our bodies. It is generally only a problem when there is some type of line in one of your veins.
Everything sounds good, with the exception of this little glitch. I think glitches can be positive things, because they put the real triumphs into perspective. They certainly have for me. Enjoy the 4th.
Cliff
Since Dec. 10, I have spent 69 days in the hospital out of 207 total days, about 33%. I always feel out of touch when I come home for a while, and by the time I feel comfortable with everything at work and home, it's time to go back into the hospital. I hope that's over and done with for good now. Permanent remission.