We called the Oncology center this morning, first thing, and explained our thoughts and concerns about Bill's blood. Bill was wondering if he could get his blood retested today.
But the head nurse, with whom Bill spoke, said that there was no need, nothing to worry about, that it happens all the time.
The reason Bill had the impression that it DIDN'T happen all the time was because the nurse who only got a few goopy clumps of his blood out after trying repeatedly said she had never seen anything like it in her entire career.
She is in her fifties.
But we shall bow to the experts, I suppose, and just wait until Thursday when he goes in for Gemzar and will get his blood tested then.
Not that I don't trust the experts absolutely, but ((((((((((halp!)))))))))
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I would say to calm down, drink some tea and trust the head nurse of the oncology department. Phlebotomists, no matter how experienced, only see a small percentage of all the patients who get blood testing and they see them from all over the hospital, with all different conditions. While she knows blood, it doesn't mean she's encountered all the conditions and permutations of side effects. The head nurse in the oncology department would have a better idea of if there was something to be seriously concerned about.
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