And I am looking forward to my #4 dose tonight. They have disconnected me from the IV fluids, so I have been able to roam outside of the room yesterday and this morning. I got in a 45 min walk after Holly left this morning, but unfortunately, I missed a visit with Sandi and Amy, And they brought me a big ole box of Dunkin Donut holes. Yummy! Thank you both, and I'm sorry we missed each other. I like to take advantage of every chance I get to leave the hospital room, which is pretty small. I really like getting outside for a walk around campus or over to the gardens to see what is blooming. Holly and I spent many a friday lunching there 2 years ago when I was waiting to get my chemo for breast cancer. You might think that I'd have funny feelings about being there after such an association, but I love the place. It is always changing, and they have so many new features with ponds here and there which entice many more birds to the banks. I especially love seeing their herons.
We've been following my labs as usual. This round of chemo seems to be attacking my red blood cells most quickly. When I came in, my hemoglobin level was 11.2. Then it went down to 9.9 after 1 day of chemo, and today I am already down to 8.8. I will probably need to be transfused with packed red blood cells tomorrow. Both the white blood cell count (6200) and the platelet count (164,000) are great though. They are well above average and put me in no danger. They will transfuse red cells if my number gets to 8.0 or below. I bet that will be tomorrow.
Feels pretty humid and grey out this morning. I hope we get more rain. I'd like our soil to soften up so that we can put in trees this fall to buffer our house from the playground going up in the lot behind us and to give us more privacy from our neighbors on the sides of the yard.
Well have a good day. It's hump day for all of us. After this I'll only have 2 more doses of chemo on Friday. Then I'm out of here.
2 comments:
It's great that you have been able to escape the room a little(and feel comfortable doing it!)That's one way this chemo regimen is superior for treatment to the bone marrow transplant I guess!
I am going to be short a full time doc in January so if you think you might be interested in picking up some shifts, once you shake off the chemo, let me know and I'll start working on lining up your credentialing. Might be a way to get back into the game very slowly(you can pick your schedule!). Of course, during flu season we'll will want to make sure your counts are all EXCEPTIONAL by then!
I'm thinking of you and Holly! Let's try to rendezvous next time you're up the hill.
shannon
Shannon-
Thanks for the message and the work offer. I will definitely consider it. And yes my doctors and I have talked about flu season and getting back to work only with stellar numbers. But don't worry, so far my bone marrow is bouncing back really well after each dose.
Let's meet up next Aville trip. I
I am happy for your new role and position.-teresa
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