Oh yeah!!!! Oh Yeah!!!!!

Tues the 11th I went with Bob to our new South Campus Hospital.  The lab is open there but only for banker's hours.  One cannot make an appt. yet, but we were in and out, including finding where we parked, in half an hour.  This is such a lovely new facility and slowly opening in phases that there didn't seem to be any chaos.!!!!!  There are great volunteers who can tell by the glazed over eyes of the folks coming in that we don't have a clue where to go.  These volunteers don't just give you directions they actually take you to where you want to go!!!!  As they do that they continue telling you all sorts of details about the hospital.   I am thinking ALL hospitals need to do this........dreaming!!!!

Yesterday, June 12,  was a hospital day for Bob.  He had the arridia in the morning.  That is to help strengthen the bones.  Advancement in research  and delivery of medicine has made this now only a two hour delivery in a nice cushy reclining chair.  Sure hope Bob doesn't keep the whole ward awake!!  :-} The afternoon was spent waiting and seeing Dr. Bahlis.  Naturally all of the markers in the blood and urine were good.  He is thinking about the PET scan---in another month.  We really hope the doc does it as then they will see for sure what is going on in the bones.  The talk is back to a maintenance velcade dose.  Dr. B. talks about a few different scenarios  of what that may look like.  In Spain they have chemo once every 3 months for 3 weeks--velcade, dex and revlamid.  Here they have a treatment every other week.  The results look very similar.  Bob would like the Spainish version.  That way his feet may have a chance to recover from the neuropathy and he could feel  "normal' for a bit.  He begins this 3 week round on Fri. the 14th.  Bob will be missing one week tho on the 28th!!!!!!!  oh yeah , oh yeah.  So looking forward to seeing everyone  "down east". 

For my dear sister and any other medical types:  Kappa Free   22.8
                                                                         Lambda Free 17.2
                                                                          Ratio             1.33

                                                                        WBC             5.4
                                                                         RBC              3.8
                                                                         HGB            116
                                                                      Platelets           163
                                                                       U protein          .16

There was no Beta-2 Microglobulin given.

Summer is here altho the temps in Calgary do not prove it.  Yet with the intense sun it is very warm if one should be in the sun.  My garden is an orchestra--each plant comin "in" and blooming on cue.  ONLY  they are playing way to fast!!!!!!!