Well we've jumped back aboard! My white counts are back in the normal column (low but remember I am not a "high flyer" to begin with) and that can only mean one thing! Torture!! So no appointment with the doctor, just the chemo. I was also wrong about my liver appointment...it is actually Monday the 26th (ooops!)
As usual I was feeling terrible on the way home. The nausea is becoming unbearable and that is with the double dose of anti-nausea meds. Begs the question....why??? So! What's a girl to do?!?!?! Thankfully Karen has changed the meals to Tuesday/Wednesday (have I mentioned that I love this wonderful lady???) so I can come home and go to bed. Honestly, Tuesdays are much of a blur. I come home and go straight to bed. I spend the rest of the day praying for Wednesday to come and the nausea storm to be over! It's a long day for everyone! The kids are getting better at it. They know on Tuesdays they are pretty much on auto pilot. Poor kiddies...not at all what I had envisioned for our lives...
I am on the regular routine of five shots of Neupogen a week to boost those darn blood cells. Only weekly blood tests will reveal if they are doing the trick. It is difficult for me to imagine that they aren't working. I've gotten pretty used to the bone pain. It sneaks up and grabs me sometimes but for the most part I hardly even notice anymore. And the shots...not such a big deal either, just a pain....an expensive pain! The lasts round of 20 was $10,000. Sheesh! We are all in the wrong business!
So the week ahead brings blood work and liver doc on Monday, chemo on Tuesday if all goes according to plans. I'll keep you posted!
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