UPDATE: I WAS ON THE EDGE OF FUCKED AND HAD NO IDEA I WAS HANGING TEN OVER A CLIFF, , , ,!!!!!!!!

The constipation mentioned above worsened and came to the point of complete. It seemed that the Miralax was doing nothing. And, all of the grunting-and-groaning and pushing while trying to pass the tiny rock hard turds that where there made my anus as tender as if you had worked it with a dry corncob! I could not take it anymore.

So, last Tuesday (9/26) sent my PCP a message and I cleaned up a bit and did a walk-in with my PCP at the Viera VA Clinic. The PCP's nurse takes me back and tells me that she had left me voice mail and that I should have called her back before I came in. When I had looked at my phone I had seen that there a missed call, but no voice mail ( the V-Mail was still recording). No matter, here I am. The Doctor needs to know what, and how much, you have been taking? Miralax, 4 doses since Saturday night, (filled to the line in the blue bottle cap). Well, chat, chat, chat, , , , you know it could be over 2 hours before he can see you? Yes, but here I am, and I'll wait as long as I need to. Well, OK, I'll take your vitals, Blood pressure, OK. Oxygen and pulse, OK. Temperature, , , , OH, you have a 102.8 fever!!! He's going to see you right away. Go have a seat. Within 10 minutes I'm in his office. Your constipation is only interesting right now, but your fever is of very great concern, you're going straight to the hospital. I'll wheel you over to the Triage Unit where we'll wait and see where they want to send you. It was only about 15 minutes and he came back and told me that transportation was being arranged to get me to the Lake Nona VA Hospital ASAP!

So, I get to the Lake Nona ED (Emergency Department) and they take my blood, vitals. My fever had gone down with the Tylenol they had given me at Viera, but it had gone back up to 99.9, so more Tylenol. OK. So, I guess the blood labs have come back, , , , Because the head ED Doctor comes in and tells everybody to Get Out and to gown and mask before they come back in, Full Contact Precautions, I was "Neutropenic". I had no White Count!! So, the Vascular Access Team (IV) got my IV going and I went to my room hooked up to a big bag of Vancomycin.

So, Wednesday (9/27) the Hematologist comes to see me and we have the usual small talk, , , then down-to-business. I know my White Count was/is low, but when can I go home? Well Dingpatch your count was not "low", you did not have anything to count; your "count" was officially 0.0! I/we cannot/will not discharge you until it gets back over the XXX threshold. You have no immune system right now, the Chemo has killed it. If you had not done that walk-in and had, let's say, got a cut or a cough, you could be here later in the ICU fighting for your life!!! All the IV antibiotics were not because I had an infection but rather to keep me from getting an infection.

I'm "OK" now and got home yesterday afternoon (9/30). I'll fill in a bunch of blanks later.

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Edited: 09/17/2022 at 06:26 AM by dingpatch