Petechiae (pronounced puh-TEE-kee-ee) are pinpoint, round spots that appear on the skin as a result of bleeding under the skin. The bleeding causes the petechiae to appear red, brown or purple. Petechiae may look like a rash.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Petechiae
Woke up this morning with my legs feeling like they were on fire. I remember waking up last night because I was itching them. Well the doc came in to tell me that it is Petechiae, due to my low platelet count. From the sounds of it this is pretty normal when the platelet count is so low. The doctor is going to give me a steroid creme and I'm also going to get a platelet transfusion today.
Petechiae (pronounced puh-TEE-kee-ee) are pinpoint, round spots that appear on the skin as a result of bleeding under the skin. The bleeding causes the petechiae to appear red, brown or purple. Petechiae may look like a rash.
Petechiae (pronounced puh-TEE-kee-ee) are pinpoint, round spots that appear on the skin as a result of bleeding under the skin. The bleeding causes the petechiae to appear red, brown or purple. Petechiae may look like a rash.
Monday, November 22, 2010
Leukemia
I've decided to start blogging again, so my first post is gonna be an update.
Over the last couple months I have been feeling really run down. I was having really bad headaches and this crazy pulsating in my right ear. So after meeting with my doctor, he had me get lab work done and a CT scan of my head on October 6th. After review of the lab work and scan, I was admitted to the hospital on October 7th. I was told that I had a sinus infection and that I was anemic and that I needed to get a blood transfusion. Over the next month or so, I had more lab work done and the doctor mentioned the chance that the cancer may be back. On November 3rd, I had a Bone Marrow Biopsy to confirm that I did have cancer. I was diagnosed with Stage 4 Acute Myeloid Leukemia.
On November 6th, I was admitted to UC Davis to begin my battle with Leukemia. The treatment plan for Leukemia is so much different than Lymphoma. The first part of the treatment is called an Induction, which will keep me in the hospital for about a month. After about a months time, I will get to go home for a couple weeks and then return for a process call Consolidation. Consolidation is a 5 day hospital stay of chemotherapy and then I go home to get my counts back up. From what I'm told I will do about 4 Consolidation treatments. I have been told that the doctors also want to do a Bone Marrow Transplant. Not all Leukemia patients get a transplant but considering I am a previous cancer patient it is a very good idea to do so. This will help reduce my chances of another relapse.
So has of today, Monday November 22nd, I am still in the hospital. The doctors are meeting with the transplant team today to decide a time frame for the transplant. The doctors I spoke with last week stated that if approved I could be getting a transplant within the next couple months depending if we can find a bone marrow donor match in that time. I'm hoping to hear an outcome of the doctors meeting sometime today or tomorrow.
The doctors tell me that I will be here for about another week and half to two weeks. My WBC or white blood count needs to get to a certain number before they will let me go home. During the Consolidation treatments I will go home to get my counts to go back up. The doctors tell me that the transplant will be another 30 day stay in the hospital. So I will definitely be sick of the hospitals by the time I'm done but it will be well worth it.
I've been using Facebook to keep my friends and family updated but the downfall of Facebook is I am limited to the amount of words I can type. I've decided that I put so much time into this blog when I was going through Lymphoma that I am going to take the same effort for Leukemia. So please feel free to leave comments on my post. I would love to hear from you all!!!
Over the last couple months I have been feeling really run down. I was having really bad headaches and this crazy pulsating in my right ear. So after meeting with my doctor, he had me get lab work done and a CT scan of my head on October 6th. After review of the lab work and scan, I was admitted to the hospital on October 7th. I was told that I had a sinus infection and that I was anemic and that I needed to get a blood transfusion. Over the next month or so, I had more lab work done and the doctor mentioned the chance that the cancer may be back. On November 3rd, I had a Bone Marrow Biopsy to confirm that I did have cancer. I was diagnosed with Stage 4 Acute Myeloid Leukemia.
On November 6th, I was admitted to UC Davis to begin my battle with Leukemia. The treatment plan for Leukemia is so much different than Lymphoma. The first part of the treatment is called an Induction, which will keep me in the hospital for about a month. After about a months time, I will get to go home for a couple weeks and then return for a process call Consolidation. Consolidation is a 5 day hospital stay of chemotherapy and then I go home to get my counts back up. From what I'm told I will do about 4 Consolidation treatments. I have been told that the doctors also want to do a Bone Marrow Transplant. Not all Leukemia patients get a transplant but considering I am a previous cancer patient it is a very good idea to do so. This will help reduce my chances of another relapse.
So has of today, Monday November 22nd, I am still in the hospital. The doctors are meeting with the transplant team today to decide a time frame for the transplant. The doctors I spoke with last week stated that if approved I could be getting a transplant within the next couple months depending if we can find a bone marrow donor match in that time. I'm hoping to hear an outcome of the doctors meeting sometime today or tomorrow.
The doctors tell me that I will be here for about another week and half to two weeks. My WBC or white blood count needs to get to a certain number before they will let me go home. During the Consolidation treatments I will go home to get my counts to go back up. The doctors tell me that the transplant will be another 30 day stay in the hospital. So I will definitely be sick of the hospitals by the time I'm done but it will be well worth it.
I've been using Facebook to keep my friends and family updated but the downfall of Facebook is I am limited to the amount of words I can type. I've decided that I put so much time into this blog when I was going through Lymphoma that I am going to take the same effort for Leukemia. So please feel free to leave comments on my post. I would love to hear from you all!!!
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Friday, September 24, 2010
September 2010
I can't believe that I have let my blog go for so long. I've decided that I am going to start blogging again. I'll start with an update of the last 2 years or so.
Update:
I'm now 33 years old and still cancer free. My last check up was about 6 months ago. We are still living in Manteca. Taylor is now in the 8th grade and she is still involved in band. She is getting really excited about becoming a freshman next year. Hailey is in the 4th grade and she joined choir this year. Josh is now working at Red Robin as a bartender / server, and I am now working full time at JCPenney. I am the jcp.com/catalog supervisor.
Since I won my fight with cancer I have been fighting my battle with obesity. When I was going through my chemotherapy the doctor had me on steroids, so needless to say I put on a lot of weight. But the good news is I have taken off 60 pounds and I am working on the last 60 pounds. I was doing really well for a while and then after my promotion at work, I started working full time hours and not going to the gym or eating like I should. I think the fact that I just had another birthday has made me realize life is moving forward and its not waiting for me to loose weight. So I better loose weight so I can move forward with my life. I want to be there for my children and their children. (Which better be many many years from now, lol) Life is too short to just sit back and watch it fly by.
I'm going to blog more. I don't promise that it will be everyday, but I will make more of an effort to keep up on it. Not every two years lol.
Update:
I'm now 33 years old and still cancer free. My last check up was about 6 months ago. We are still living in Manteca. Taylor is now in the 8th grade and she is still involved in band. She is getting really excited about becoming a freshman next year. Hailey is in the 4th grade and she joined choir this year. Josh is now working at Red Robin as a bartender / server, and I am now working full time at JCPenney. I am the jcp.com/catalog supervisor.
Since I won my fight with cancer I have been fighting my battle with obesity. When I was going through my chemotherapy the doctor had me on steroids, so needless to say I put on a lot of weight. But the good news is I have taken off 60 pounds and I am working on the last 60 pounds. I was doing really well for a while and then after my promotion at work, I started working full time hours and not going to the gym or eating like I should. I think the fact that I just had another birthday has made me realize life is moving forward and its not waiting for me to loose weight. So I better loose weight so I can move forward with my life. I want to be there for my children and their children. (Which better be many many years from now, lol) Life is too short to just sit back and watch it fly by.
I'm going to blog more. I don't promise that it will be everyday, but I will make more of an effort to keep up on it. Not every two years lol.
Sunday, December 28, 2008
WHERE HAVE I BEEN????
I can't believe it has been 6 months since I have written on my blog. My life has seemed non-stop the last several months. Where do I begin?
Lets see! As you all know I just started my new job at Mervyns in July. My processing company was pretty much extinct. I had maybe three loans if I was lucky. I decided that I was going to sign up for the Medical Terminology class at our local adult school. Also, the girls went back to school in August. Hailey in the 2nd grade and Taylor in the 6th grade.
In September, Josh bought me airplane ticket to go to Idaho for my birthday. It was great, only my brother and LeeAnn knew I was coming. My mom flew my grandpa out for his birthday the same weekend. So it was great to be able to surprise my mom and dad but also my grandpa. (pictures to follow - I have not been very good about keeping my pictures up to date, so I had to ask my mom to email me some) The last couple months have been pretty busy with work and school.
Found out at the end of October that Mervyn's is going out of business. So starting November 1st, the liquidation company was in charge. November and December were crazy busy because I was finishing up first quarter for school and working almost full time hours. I ended up passing Terminology 1 with a 96%. I am so proud of myself. I start Terminology 2 on January 5th, I can't wait. Once I finish the class in March, I will receive a Certificate of Completion. I'm hoping it helps my resume enough to get me into something in the medical industry.
I did end up getting a job at JC Penney's though. I will be working in the Window Coverings department. I will get paid hourly plus commission. A great possibility of full time, which means benefits, so hopefully I can get medical insurance again.
I really need to get insurance again because it's been over 6 months since my last PET Scan. I've been feeling good but I still have that worry inside of me. Every once in a while I get a tightness feeling in the area my tumor was. The only other problem is that I get crazy numbness in my hands, especially my right hand. I'm sure it has to do with my carpel tunnel, its just gotten so much worse since I went through chemo.
Josh is still at the Elephant Bar. He also has been extremely busy. He has a few different job titles at the restaurant. Sometimes, he does "Maintenance", others days he is a "Server", occasionally a "Trainer, and about one to two times a week he is a "Shift Leader". His check actually have 4 different wages. He is loving it and really hoping to get more into a management position.
We also moved right before Thanksgiving into the house Nana has been fixing up. (Right behind the house we were in) Since Nana owns both houses, she offered us to move into the bigger one and she is going to rent out the smaller one. It has been great. We had both Thanksgiving and Christmas at our house.
I truly hope everyone has been doing well during my absence. I am going to do better about being in touch with more people. I hope you all had Happy Holidays and are looking forward to the New Year!!
XOXO
Lets see! As you all know I just started my new job at Mervyns in July. My processing company was pretty much extinct. I had maybe three loans if I was lucky. I decided that I was going to sign up for the Medical Terminology class at our local adult school. Also, the girls went back to school in August. Hailey in the 2nd grade and Taylor in the 6th grade.
In September, Josh bought me airplane ticket to go to Idaho for my birthday. It was great, only my brother and LeeAnn knew I was coming. My mom flew my grandpa out for his birthday the same weekend. So it was great to be able to surprise my mom and dad but also my grandpa. (pictures to follow - I have not been very good about keeping my pictures up to date, so I had to ask my mom to email me some) The last couple months have been pretty busy with work and school.
Found out at the end of October that Mervyn's is going out of business. So starting November 1st, the liquidation company was in charge. November and December were crazy busy because I was finishing up first quarter for school and working almost full time hours. I ended up passing Terminology 1 with a 96%. I am so proud of myself. I start Terminology 2 on January 5th, I can't wait. Once I finish the class in March, I will receive a Certificate of Completion. I'm hoping it helps my resume enough to get me into something in the medical industry.
I did end up getting a job at JC Penney's though. I will be working in the Window Coverings department. I will get paid hourly plus commission. A great possibility of full time, which means benefits, so hopefully I can get medical insurance again.
I really need to get insurance again because it's been over 6 months since my last PET Scan. I've been feeling good but I still have that worry inside of me. Every once in a while I get a tightness feeling in the area my tumor was. The only other problem is that I get crazy numbness in my hands, especially my right hand. I'm sure it has to do with my carpel tunnel, its just gotten so much worse since I went through chemo.
Josh is still at the Elephant Bar. He also has been extremely busy. He has a few different job titles at the restaurant. Sometimes, he does "Maintenance", others days he is a "Server", occasionally a "Trainer, and about one to two times a week he is a "Shift Leader". His check actually have 4 different wages. He is loving it and really hoping to get more into a management position.
We also moved right before Thanksgiving into the house Nana has been fixing up. (Right behind the house we were in) Since Nana owns both houses, she offered us to move into the bigger one and she is going to rent out the smaller one. It has been great. We had both Thanksgiving and Christmas at our house.
I truly hope everyone has been doing well during my absence. I am going to do better about being in touch with more people. I hope you all had Happy Holidays and are looking forward to the New Year!!
XOXO
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