I finished cycle 4 on Sunday afternoon and after my Methotrexate levels were confirmed, I was able to go home around 3pm. This was a great blessing as it is always better to be home than in the hospital!!! I am now just trying to get over dizziness and I also have some pain in my arms which I have never experienced before. I am not sure what is causing it, but will ask the doctor today about what might be causing it.
I also now begin the downward slide down to low WBC/RBC counts. I should bottom out around Friday and will hopefully not need any blood.
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Hey Jeff,
Hope your downturn isn't as bad as you anticipate and that you're back up and running quickly. It's going to get warm after Feb. so you need to get healthy and ready for a little golf! It's been too long.
Seth
Jeff,
My name is Cheryl Ruffing. I was led to your blog by my husband, Dennis, who signed on as a pre-sales constultant for SAP back in July. Dennis, our five children, and I have celiac disease, which means we cannot eat anything containing gluten -- the protein in wheat, barley, oats and rye. Since learning of this condition five years ago, I've done a great deal on research on celiac disease and gluten sensitivity. I am now convinced that the conditions are seriously under-diagnosed, especially in people without obvious gastro-intestinal problems. But undigested gluten proteins can cause problems in every system of the body. I'm sure you're wondering how this concerns you. According to James Braly and Ron Hoggan in their book "Dangerous Grains": "Recall that hunter-gatherers were immune to cancer. For at least five hundred thousand years, these ancestors of ours, with rare exceptions, did not eat a diet that contained gluten. Dr. Reading's cancer patients benefited from a gluten-free diet while undergoing conventional cancer treatments, and Dr. Donaldson's pediatric patients who were otherwise at grave risk of developing enteritis have also given us cause to value a gluten-free diet in the context of cancer treatments." (p. 114). Please do some of your own research on the link between gluten sensitivity/celiac disease and cancer. Specifically, start with Braly and Hoggan's book. If nothing else, read the preface, in which Hoggan discusses his brother's battle with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. If you would like more information, please send me an email at cdoyleruf@yahoo.com. Best of luck to you.
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