Day 132 - 2/18/19
Chemo session 6 of 6!!!!! Celebration for this major milestone!!! Since I didn’t get the shot to increase my white blood count during my last chemo cycle, I was a little concerned about my counts being too low. I am happy to say that they were actually better today than they have been previously. Today my counts are 7.3--the threshold is 4.8 - 10.8. Yayyyyy!!! No delay in getting my final round of chemo! :) Today I met with my oncologist’s PA before chemo. She stated that the
Day 115 - 2/1/19
This morning I have a lot of tingling in my hands and feet. When I wake up like this, I lay in the bed and stretch my fingers and toes, in an attempt to loosen them up and ease some of the tingling. I also woke up with some pain this morning, so, this is my indication that I am on the down spiral of side-effects. As usual, I am prolonging taking any medication, but I will take something once the pain becomes very uncomfortable. For the better part of the morning, I am in and
Day 99 - 1/16/19
I woke up this morning with pain in my bones from the shot. This is a different kind of pain than what I experience from the chemo. The chemo pain is centered in my muscles, whereas the pain from the shot is centered in my bones. Since I’m always trying to avoid taking medications, as much as I possibly can, I wait until I feel the pain before taking anything for it. I do this in hopes that I can avoid it altogether. Well, this is definitely NOT one of those moments that I ca