Appointments

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Busy day for appointments. Karen saw her dermatologist in the morning, radiation and bloodwork in the afternoon.

Radiation is still on track.

Bloodwork came back mixed. Karen's white count is up into normal range, but her red count was down slightly. That means she got an Aranesp shot (to increase her red count), but she also gets a week off from bloodwork. Yeah! The red count could be why she got tired a little easier this weekend, though that could be the radiation. Or the heat.

The dermatologist had another fun fact to share. In about 10-15 years, the radiation sight has an increased chance of seeing skin cancers. Something else to remember and watch out for. Not that the dermatologists don't like taking biopsies on Karen as it is. Must be her pale Swedish skin and Viking red hair.

That's the report for this week. Not many more to go.

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