On the Rebound

My counts are finally on their way up. My white blood cell count is already up to 1.4 and my platelets are 41,000 today. My hemoglobin is up too at 9.7. Oh what a relief to finally be turning those numbers around and be on the mend. I saw Tanya the PA who works directly with my doctor, and she is arranging my next chemo round in the hospital for Nov 4th (election day). Today they are going to repeat my bone marrow biopsy (ouch) and then let me go until I see my doctor here in the clinic next Monday. They always like to see me in the office before I go into the hospital for chemo. It gives my doctor a chance to see how I am doing and , if necessary, alert the hospital team to anything special they need to worry about.

Now that my counts are on the rebound, this mouthsore should heal right up. It is a little better today than yesterday, but I'll keep using my magic mouthwash until it's completely healed.

Down to 36 degrees last night. I did a row and push-ups this morning before my clinic appt. Next week we'll have more daylight in the morning, but less at night after the time change on Sunday. It will be nice to have the early morning light, but I'll really miss the light after 6pm.

Photo- I bought Holly this mug for her birthday. It says "Happy Cat in Love."

Addendum: They just finished my bone marrow biopsy (11:15am). This is my 5th biopsy. It went fine. They used lidocaine to numb up the rump area and the painful part was quick fortunately. Now I won't have to be back in clinic until next Monday when I see my doctor. How nice is that!