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Thank you Lori, Have had the bursitis pain for a while and my PCP did an MRI which confirmed it . My husband wanted me to go to his pain doctor and while reviewing it with my history, asked me what my count was. I showed him my latest blood work from September and it dropped to 62K. He said his concern was the possibility of bleeding and wanted me to consult my oncologist/hematologist if there was a way to increase my platelets. He contacted me and said yes an infusion, which I knew that, however I am on a wait and watch regiment. He said, at that September visit, when I hit 55K again he would do another bone marrow biopsy. My question is, the oncologist said the pain management doctor could do the infusion. I said you don't do it? and he repeated the pain management doctor can. That answer surprised me. Is that possible. I return the 11th not for the shot but review of the MRI he sent me for my back which also showed on the first MRI issues. Sorry I know this is rambling. I did learn one thing, and did not know this, the MRI showed and commented on the MDS. Hope this is a tad clearer.
hollie
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Hi Hollie, thanks. That did make things clearer. I was getting the doctors mixed up.😉
Hm. I can see your conundrum. I’m wondering the same thing you are about the infusion. If it’s an infusion of platelets, that doesn’t seem like the type of thing a pain management (let’s call it PM) physician would do. For me the transfusion was always administered in the infusion center or hospital by the oncology staff or RNs. Could your oncologist have meant that the PM could go ahead with the pain med injection not platelets? A platelet count of 62,000 is low but not generally low enough for a platelet transfusion. So I’m really not sure either.
Well, since you’re going in the 11th for a consult not the shot, perhaps you’ll get better clarification. I’m sure you’d like to get that discomfort taken care of! What I am curious about is the MRI results showing MDS?