Okay, bad prose, but I'm home as of yesterday late morning. My blood levels appear to be holding steady, and I feel much better.
It's crazy to have this mean cancer and then to have an oddly related-in-a-Kentucky-style manner illness almost take me out! My blood loss issue looks to be in control now. Hopefully the added iron they infused will help push my bod to produce more blood.
As my diet was limited for 3 days to a clear liquid and clear solid guide (apple juice, jello, sherbert-huh? and such,) I'm enjoying my slow return to regular chow. Also since the anticoagulants are done, (replaced with a filter placed between my legs and torso, that catches clots,) I don't have to avoid foods as I did with warfarin. So I'm reintroducing some now and others as soon as I think my tummy is ready.
I'm walking, but between the hospital stay and the reason for it, I'm a bit low on energy.
Tomorrow I'll have the first infusion of a new round of Yervoy, which is just great. It didn't cure my cancer, but it did stop certain growth for a good time both rounds. After this, if needed, we're looking at the new drug PD-1 (being FDA fast tracked) as a probability. You need to have failed (not 100% cured) Yervoy to qualify for this consideration. This link has the information:
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/277977.php
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