Moscow Journey-March 20, 2015

    Well, the saga continues.  Since posting last, I had my yearly physical and my doc noted that my WBC and platelets have declined since my last blood work.  He said he'd like for me to see a hematologist if the counts continue to decline.  I said, and doc concurred, that I'd like to go ahead and pursue that idea.  So the next week consisted of a visit to the hematologist, blood work in which 18 vials of blood were drawn, a visit to the pain specialist (again) in order to get a refill on my Baclofen, scheduling of a bone marrow biopsy, and scheduling of two MRIs.  Embedded in all of that I had two physical therapy visits which went well.  The hematologist said the blood work is to determine if I have any vitamin deficiencies, any viral infections, or autoimmune diseases.  She called me the next day to say a slight deficiency in B12 and folic acid levels was found. It is my prayer that nothing else will be found.  It is not uncommon for people who've had HSCT to develop a second autoimmune disease, so I'm praying that won't be found.