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Progress Report: Steven Schmidt
2003
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January 25 - Happy New Year! This year has started off amazingly.
I have seen two doctors this year. everything is fine although there is
some concern about my joints and bones. I have had some lingering
pain one of my thumbs and after an abnormal amount of walking I was having
some severe hip and ankle pain. But here is the great news.
I took a one week trip to Germany with a coworker and finally met my donor.
It was an amazing experience and I am so grateful that I got the chance
to meet her. Soon I will have pictures on my site but it will take
me a couple of weeks to get them up there. Check back! Counts:
WBC - 3,900; HCT - 41.5; Platelets - 129,000;
ANC - 2,800
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April 08 - Not much has changed in the last three months.
I will be seeing a rhematologist later in the month about my joint pains.
I have been fighting this nasty bug for a few days but it is on it's way
out. Counts: WBC - 6,100; HCT - 41.6; Platelets
- 126,000; ANC - 5,100
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July 08 - Yes, I am still here and kicking.
I have been unemployed since the end of may but have health insurance through
November. Hopefully, I will have a new job before then. I least
I have some time to enjoy the summer. I was diagnosed with osteoarthritis.
I have been taking an herbal supplement and so far it seems to be working.
Not much else to report. Counts: WBC - 3,500; HCT -
43.6;
Platelets - 140,000; ANC - 2,500
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October 14 - I guess this would be my third-quarter report.
I am still out of work and looking. I've been filling in a lot of
my free time with volunteer work with the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society,
the New England Marrow Donor Program and some other organizations.
My platelets are a little low but my doctor is not too concerned.
My next appointment with my hematologist is not until January but I will
be seeing my other doctors at the end of November and hope to have at least
one more entry before the year is over. Counts: WBC - 3,500;
HCT -
46.0; Platelets - 116,000; ANC - 2,400
This page last updated on October 15, 2003