To most people, those numbers mean nothing, but for me, they were good news.
Two days ago I went in for my tumor marker blood test. One thing the doc was more concerned about was my high triclycerides and cholesterol. With the last test, my cholesterol was 200 and my triclycerides were 1140. For those keeping score at home, triclycerides should be 150 or less, so yeah, it was VERY high. I started taking some medication and fish oil tablets and this time my cholesterol was 158 and my triclycerides dropped to 668. Still high, but it dropped a lot. I checked with my primary care physician and he suggested upping the dosage of the Niaspan I have been taking. I just refilled it, so I will wait a month before taking a higher dosage. With that, hopefully everything will be within limits. I'd hate to beat cancer just to have heart problems. Besides, I promised Roni that I wouldn't die of a heart attack. :-)
As for the 3.9 number, that was my CEA marker. The normal range should be 0- 2.5, so it is high, but last time it was 3.7 and a rise of 0.2 after 3 months is negligible, so I'm not worried about it.
For those wondering about the bike, it's great. I love riding and being able to get back on the road has been good therapy. This weekend is supposed to be nice (high 60s and sunny), so Roni and I are planning on riding to Drexel Hill in PA to visit some friends from our PMP support group. Another good thing about the bike is being able to visit other PMPBB members in the area.
Well, that's about all for tonight. Thank you all again for your prayers and thoughts.
Kevin
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Sunday, April 01, 2007
At the dealer
On Friday afternoon (I was supposed to pick it up Friday morning), I picked up the new bike from the dealer. It was a beautiful day, although a bit cool. I ended up riding about 115 miles through some scenic New York country side.
I also stopped by and met a couple whose husband is a cancer patient. We had a good chat adn it was good to see him doing well, even though he has been having some problems.
From there, I headed home. I crossed a bridge coming down the Taconic State Parkway and glanced over to the right to see a beautiful sunset and thought to myself, it doesn't get much better than this.
It was great to on a bike again. I'll post some more pics later.
Kevin
I also stopped by and met a couple whose husband is a cancer patient. We had a good chat adn it was good to see him doing well, even though he has been having some problems.
From there, I headed home. I crossed a bridge coming down the Taconic State Parkway and glanced over to the right to see a beautiful sunset and thought to myself, it doesn't get much better than this.
It was great to on a bike again. I'll post some more pics later.
Kevin
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