Update on operations

Lindsay steadily improving since her nephrectomy 9 days ago, and she managed to get the district nurse to come in and change the dressings today. The main exit wound via which the kidney was extracted is still a bit sore but the nurse said it was OK. She has gone out for a gentle walk in the park with her friend Mary.

I'm also making satisfactory progress three days post angioplasty. Discharge note reads:

'Elective admission for left leg angioplasty - critical limb ischaemia, ulcers and rest pain, due to SFA occlusion. Angioplasty performed to good effect, patient discharged the following day with marked improvement both symptomatically & functionally'.

The occlusion will probably return, but as I said to Dr Jason Wilkins, who carried out the procedure, as long as it lasts for my expected remaining 12 months of life I'm  perfectly satisfied.

Blood results last 9 months
	3.07		17.06	9.06	27.05	25.03	2.03	21.02	24.12	26.11	Normal
Hb	104		107	93	96	98	98	101	104	109	130-180
WBC	2.85		2.25	2.55	2.91	3.15	3.36	3.52	4.00	3.02	4.5-10.0
Neutrophils	1.16		1.17	1.14	1.3	1.57	1.78	1.6	1.8	1.16	2.0-7.5
Plt	249		232	296	342	369	449	494	551	391	150-450

Haemoglobin shot up after I had he blood transfusion in June, and I'm hoping it will stay above 100 if the Hydroxycarbamide can be maintained at 3/week.  That depends on the platelets remaining within normal levels.