One Less Pill

Today (day 61 post BMT) I went to my Wednesday clinic and was given two pieces of news by Dr Peter Shaw that I have wanted to hear for ages. Firstly, he has told me I no longer need to take the Urseo tablet. Urseo is a drug that prevents clotting in major organs, but in particular, the liver. They usually don't stop this drug until day 80 post transplant, but because I haven't had any symptoms of this, and because he'd like to see my nausea go away, he thought one less medication might help. Suits me! Urseo was one a big fat one. The other thing he told me that made me smile was that he felt it unnecessary for to come in again until next week. Hopefully that will be the start of my once weekly visits, which will mean home is that much closer. Next week I am having another CT scan of my lung. This is because they want to check the place where I had the lung infection removed. The anti fungal drug I take, called Voraconizole, is at a lower than ideal level in my system, but before they change it up, Dr Shaw wants to check whether I need it at all. He is such a cool doctor this guy. He's really thorough, and leaves nothing to chance, and he really gives us a lot of confidence in him. With any luck, I might be able to stop taking another tablet next week. I'm sure one of these is what makes me feel chucky each day. Fingers crossed!