Since my last post, I had another blood test and colorectal (mail in) test. Results came back yesterday. Most red flags (from last blood test) have turned green. The red flags remaining, related to RBC (red blood cell count) have improved, but are still borderline red. I'm hopeful that these numbers will continue to improve. I do have a blood test scheduled at my oncologist for September 12th. Maybe (hopefully) I'll see some improvement with those results.
I also received the results from my mail-in colorectal test and no blood was found in the specimen. I did call the proctologist and I have a request for a colonoscopy in the works. Both my primary care and proctologist office said they were running months behind. So this mail in was helpful in knowing that there's not a great sense of urgency.
During a previous appointment with Dr Previte, he has mentioned that my BGC treatments would begin once I had healed from my surgery. It's been 6 weeks, so I called the office inquiring when I would be starting the induction. I called Sandy who told me that Anna (the scheduler) would be calling me. Not wanting to wait longer, I called the office and asked for her. After some pre-screening questions, she reviewed my chart and indicated that I would be staring the BCG treatments on September 7th. However, I needed to provide a urine sample on August 31st (week before) to be cleared to start. Anna also indicated that the treatments would be every Wednesday at the Sutton St location and after the third treatment, The Doctor wanted to see me for a progress review. If things were going according to plan, I would resume the treatments for another three weeks. Anna said she would email me and send a hard copy with all the information.
As I was writing this, I was notified that I had 4 emails from Northeast Urological. Sure enough there were three for the dates we discussed, but one appointment was for August 31st. Unsure if this was an appointment or a reminder for the urine sample (email wasn't clear), I called her back (of course got her voice mail). So I'm waiting for that clarification.
So the good news: It's finally going to begin!
More to come!
