Medical update--all good!

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When I met with my counselor today I mentioned the bloodwork from last week and the Vivitrol shot. She looked at the notes in my file and it said that I was not approved for the shot and that I needed to get bloodwork at LabCorp because I guess they could analyze more than the company that this place usually uses. I was fine with that. I didn't think I'd be approved right away. The counselor ran into the NP in the hall and asked her about getting a medication refilled. She said she would come into her office so we could talk. She said that I didn't need more bloodwork and that I was approved for the shot. She also said that she went over the bloodwork with me yesterday and I was like "definitely not". The counselor and I were so confused. After the NP left the counselor looked up the lab results because I wanted to know what my platelet level is. Normal range is 150-400. When I got down here it was 39. As of Friday it was 205. That is a HUGE improvement. I mean when I had a platelet transfusion back in March the # went from 32 to 51. I was really surprised (and thrilled) that it got so high so quickly. I knew it had improved because the nosebleeds and random bruising stopped but I didn't think it would increase that much. So she called in a script for a couple of days worth of naltrexone. It is the same medication as what is in the shot. She wants me to take it so be sure that I won't have an adverse reaction. If she just gave me the shot and it caused problems then I would be dealing with the effects for a full month. That's the medical update from here. Like I said--its all good!