10/22/2012

Platelets are up to 126! Praise God.  That's almost to the normal range.  I'm beyond excited. Down to 5mg of prednisone and I go back in 2 weeks to recheck.  It is such a relief to be seeing something positive from a treatment.  Thank you all for your prayers and I would really appreciate your continued prayer that they stay high and I can keep getting of the steroids.  Now, it's time to take advantage of these high platelet numbers and low steroids and get running!!

End of Rituxan 10/10/12

Had my last treatment of Rituxan today.  Things went well, no side effects.  My platelet count is at 68. My doctor said that he usually sees better results by now, but we'll recheck my count on the 22nd.  I'm down to 7.5mg of prednisone.
If my platelets are the same or higher we'll keep weaning off steroids, but if it is lower we're either going to try another round of rituxan or schedule to have my spleen removed.  Please pray that my platelets stay the same or go higher.  Thank you for all of your support.