A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned the doctor had halted my regularly scheduled maintenance infusion of Rituximab. This temporary halt was so my short-term memory issues could to further diagnosed. The oncology staff set me up with an MRI appointment followed by a visit with a neurologist. In this post, I will discuss how the … Continue reading My visit with the neurologist for memory issues
Yesterday I was supposed to have my latest maintenance infusion of Rituxan (Rituximab). That did not happen after consulting with the oncology CNP and oncologist. My memory issues have not improved, and they decided to schedule an MRI for me instead. In this post, I will briefly discuss my memory loss and upcoming MRI. Memory … Continue reading Getting an MRI for memory loss
In April, I had blogged about my regularly scheduled maintenance infusion being delayed a month. My next maintenance infusion never happened. Due to publishing issues, I have not blogged since then and decided now I would catch everyone up on why I stopped my Rituximab maintenance infusions. Ongoing memory issues Through my blog over the last … Continue reading Why I stopped maintenance treatment early
Earlier this week, I had my scheduled neurology appointment. This appointment was a follow-up to the one I had months ago for my memory issues. The only difference this time is that I had to utilize a tele-med meeting over the internet. In this brief post, I will share my tele-med experience. Additionally, I will … Continue reading Neurology appointment over the internet went well
The last time I blogged was almost two weeks ago. This delay has mostly been due to being busy with work. I work in a tax preparation office and have been busy blogging for that, though. At that time, I mentioned my maintenance infusion of Rituximab as canceled due to my wife being a presumed case of COVID-19. I … Continue reading Maintenance infusion delayed one month and neurology appointment will be over the internet
Since finishing chemo in December of 2018, I have had maintenance infusions of Rituximab every eight weeks. Next Wednesday, I was scheduled to have my next round of maintenance. However, with all of this coronavirus stuff going on, I wondered if maintenance infusions were even considered important enough that the hospital would keep doing these infusions. Also, my … Continue reading My maintenance infusion was cancelled
You can’t go anywhere without reading or hearing about the coronavirus. While the coronavirus is something to be wary of, I have decided not to live in fear of the virus. That being said, I have been taking a few extra precautions, just in case. In this post, I will briefly discuss why I don’t … Continue reading I’m not living in fear of the coronavirus, but I am taking a few precautions
The big news in the world right now is the Coronavirus outbreak. You can’t turn on the news or look on social media without hearing about it. Lately, I’ve had conversations with people asking if I feared the Coronavirus because I am currently going through maintenance infusions every eight weeks. No, I’m not afraid of … Continue reading My wife fears more for my health
Earlier today, the IV injected me with my latest maintenance round of Rituximab. When speaking to my oncologist, she noted it was a year ago that I had my first round of maintenance. That means I am technically halfway through my maintenance experience. In this post, I will briefly summarize how my last year of … Continue reading One year of maintenance complete
A couple of weeks ago, I posted about speaking with my MRI results with a neurologist. Since that post, I’ve had a few followers of the blog ask if I could document how the actual MRI of my head went. I can understand why they are requesting it. Going into a new type of scan can … Continue reading The MRI went OK but seemed long
