Visit with my doctor

On my way to work today I stopped and had a visit with my primary care physician to discuss some things and asked about the filgrastim injections. He was a little familiar with the process and did not have any concerns at all. He will actually be the one to administer the first injection and keep me under observation to make sure I don't have any allergic reaction or other issues.

I contacted my coordinator from Delete Blood Cancer and they have made the flight and hotel arrangements for my upcoming physical next week. I'm getting excited to get the next steps done in this process. During the physical they will do another blood test to ensure I am still disease-free, as well as some testing to ensure I am healthy and will not have any issues during the donation process. 

I did get some sad news today, I had hoped to visit the White House during my short time in Washington, D.C., but you have to submit a request from a Senator well in advance for a tour. Since all of this happened so quickly I was not able to get on the list as March is already fully booked up. Senator Cornyn did get me signed up for a tour of the Capitol building though, so that will be cool. I will also get to have coffee with Senator Cruz the day after my donation before heading back to Texas. 

 

Me killing time waiting to see the doctor today!

He asked my opinion about the Surface and said there were features that he really liked.