Hi, Chirley.
I'm very glad you got to talk to the doctor. And that you get another week of peace!
Your cruise sounds like a great thing to look forward to. We are scheduled for a trip to Hawaii in May for our 25th anniversary. On days like today thinking about the tropics keeps us going. We're also hoping Bruce's immune system will be a bit more robust than it is right now, as 5 hours each way in an airplane cabin is a crapshoot for sure.
Our snow is not very exotic right now, it's snowing hard, we are supposed to get over a foot of it here, and already have lost our power twice.
So, now that power is working, I went back to the Pubmed website. Haven't found much more than I did before when I was researching the link between anemia/neutropenia/copper deficiency. Haven't found anything so far about when to use copper sulfate vs chloride. But I did come across this article and am linking it because it appears to address many of the symptoms you have experienced.
http://www.mayoclinicproceedings.com...1/10/1371.long
I was struck by this:
No studies have addressed the most appropriate dose, duration, route, and form of copper supplementation. Little information is available on human copper stores. Serum copper may be inadequate for assessing total body copper stores, and activity of copper enzymes, such as erythrocyte superoxide dismutase and platelet or leukocyte cytochrome-c oxidase, may be a better indicator of metabolically active copper stores.