Am I Still Safe?

I have my next check-up in 2 weeks. Later than it should have been, really, but there wasn’t a time slot that worked, and I’m not going to lie, it doesn’t bother me that I’ve slipped over the 8-week mark between appointments. A bit more time to breathe.

My check-up appointment is coming up

And don’t worry, if it was really important, then obviously I wouldn’t have pushed it. I spent years going either weekly or fortnightly because it wasn’t safe to leave longer between appointments. Close monitoring was vital. And I turned up for every appointment without any wiggle room because I knew I had to. And didn’t complain about it or mind. It’s just what I needed to do to make sure I was ok. Especially when my liver was in trouble due to one of the chemo regimens I was on. That wasn’t great. And I wouldn’t have risked leaving more than a week between those appointments because let’s face it. Liver transplants aren’t fun.

Leukemic rate stable, so far

I’m also not being risky now. I’m so stable. If there was any cause for concern I would have kept the appointment to 8 weeks and been there. And my consultant certainly would have flagged that the appointment date was further away than 8 weeks and been in touch.

But I’m safe and stable.  So it’s ok.

I had covid recently. Officially. I got the 2 lines on the lateral flow and everything! I did a test because I was curious if it was actually covid. It’s only taken 4 years to have a positive test.

Worry about symptoms- has the leukemia returned?

And I did lightly worry at some point that the pain in my legs was my leukemia. As I had that pain before. But to be honest, the leg pain was a side effect of my treatment, not the actual leukemia, although I know that bone pain is a symptom. So my mind did go a bit crazy for about a minute. 

And then logic kicked in and the temperature, sore throat and loss of smell made me realize it was a virus. Not leukemia. And I’m now fine. Well  I still can’t smell anything properly, and I have the residue of a cough. But after feeling really rough for 4 days, it suddenly shifted, and all was fine again.

And I’ve suddenly realized today that my next appointment is in 11 days. And for the next 10 days I shall be thinking good, happy thoughts and focusing on another good result and assume that I am still safe and stable as I have been for the l last 3 years.