Received good news yesterday at dialysis on the hemoglobin numbers from Wednesday, the number was 11.5 and that was before dialysis. It is always lower before dialysis than after so it could have been as high as 11.7 after dialysis. This means I will not go in for blood testing this week. I will push it an extra week, as long as it stays above 10. I know this may not seem like much to some but believe me when I can have an extra day that is a big deal to me. This means I have Wednesday afternoon and Thursday off. I have not received platelets since my surgeries to receive the new catheter. They have actually gone up a little. Last week they were tested at 21,000 and for me that is great. Dr. Page will not recommend for me to receive them unless they go back down to around 13,000 or lower..