Isn't It Obvious??

Well, I'm going to go out on a limb here and make a very obvious statement: I am not tolerating chemo very well!! Duh!

My visit with the doctor brought more fears and questions and a lot less answers than I had hoped for. Nothing surprises me much anymore, so it is all just par for my course...I guess!

First, my counts last week apparently were only 2.1 and NOT 2.9. Hmmm! The ears are a magical piece of equipment, aren't they? I am up a whole .3 for a whopping 2.4! He has confirmed this is not a good count and he had expected to see me back in normal counts with the neupogen and a week off of chemo. Honestly, I am not at all sure what to make of it other than I need to continue to be very careful. Germ free!

That brings me to my second point, my urine culture results. The doc says I DO have a urinary tract infection. He read to me all of the "junk" wrong with it but it means nothing to me. It sure was a long list. Interestingly, the culture did not "grow" but the doc says sometimes things go wrong with the culture. He says it's a urinary tract infection. He changed my antibiotics because I should have responded better than I have on the Cipro. I am guessing they want to get control of the source of the infection before it becomes a real problem, especially with low white blood cell counts. We don't need anymore problems, do we??

Next up for me, a CT of the pelvis, abdomen and chest. It isn't emergent but he wants it done ASAP. So, we will work on getting that scheduled. No chemo this week. My next appointment is scheduled for Thursday of next week to give time for the CT scan and reports to follow. He expressed the need for a "Plan B". I am sure he will have that figured out once Thursday rolls around.