Day 1 of cycle 15 yesterday and continuing onwards and upwards
FBC looking good with Hg 153.00, WBC 6.7, RBC 4.71, ALC 1.8, platelets 118, neutrophils 4.1.
Biochemistry also good with LFT and Renal profile normal and GFR 84.00.
LDH 181.00 and B2M 2.4 (norm at Bournemouth lab 1.4 - 2.4)
Another CT scan in December, cycle 17, and possibly BMB depending on the result of the scan. Good news is that Bournemouth now have a new 'first in the world' Toshiba Aquilion One scanner:
medical.toshiba.com/product...
I was scanned on it in August. It gives the result in Dose Length Product (DLP). To find the Effective dose in millisieverts: E (effective dose) = DLP x coefficient K where K is the coefficient of the area scanned which I obtained from xrayrisk.com resulting in a dose of 18mSv plus the neck (0.0059 which I found elsewhere) 4.48 mSv, total 23 mSv.
So, over the period of the study I will have had 9 CTs and a PETscan which I haven't got the dose for yet but total will be 207+ mSv + PETscan. The guy at xrayrisk said he would add PET scan but hasn't yet.
Anyway, Ibrutinib continues to do it's best to put me into MRD negativity.
Best wishes to all, especially those in treatment and trials.
(photo checkpoint Charlie, Berlin, 85/86 with girlfriend, Birgit, doing a walk on part )