I have to say I held my breath this morning when I received an email from my haematologist. My blood results from yesterday were in: liver & kidney tests fine (whew!) but slightly low platelet count and a low neutrophil count. This means stop all chemo medication and let my blood recover for a while. And unfortunately it's probably better that I ( Read more... )

As I'm sure you know, chemotherapy has a lot of side effects, and they like to linger around for a while ( Read more... )

Tuesday was certainly a low point for me. But yesterday was that much better and I can already tell I am improving today. We talked about getting me some physical therapy at the hospital yesterday, so I can build my strength back up over the holidays. That helps put my mind at ease a bit. Also the fact that I have just 2 more days of chemo till my ( Read more... )

Tuesday felt like a millennia and a half. I woke up super early (3am?) and putzed around. This is a common occurrence now. Sleep deprivation at a whole new level. I went to the hospital by myself which was the worst idea in the world. I should not have been driving, i should not have been walking, I should not have delivered a computer back to a ( Read more... )

As of today I am steroid free. Well, actually probably not, but I don't have to take any more starting today, so that's awesome. I don't want to get my hopes too high up, but climbing up the stairs this morning seemed just a little bit easier. This is very good considering I fell out of my chair trying to get up after yum cha yesterday. Made a ( Read more... )

I thought this cycle of chemo would be pretty cruisy. My dosage of chemotherapy seemed to be lower than previous cycles and although I did get warning from my doctors that it was still intense, I guess I was holding out high hopes. Well it certainly is kicking my butt ( Read more... )