I went to the clinic this morning expecting my counts to be all glorious and high and everything. They aren't bad but the white cell count is the same as last Wed at 1.8, and the hemoglobin is 8.7 (it was 8.9 on Wed). My platelets are higher though at 110,000 (they were 71,000). I had expected all of the cell counts to be higher now that the chemo is out of my system and my bone marrow is returning to normal. My guess is that after multiple rounds of that high dose stuff, the bone marrow is tired (who knew?) I do have another appt later this week to see my doctor, and I'll ask him about it on Thursday. They will redraw the labs so I'll be able to see if the numbers have improved. Let's hope so; I'm ready to do some gardening.
We did have a great visit in Asheville. The hike and dinner were terrific. We also saw Billie and had dinner together. She is all busy with her Tree of Lights fundraising event that her hospice puts on each year. That happens this Friday so it will be data clean-up after that for her.
My pals Eliza and Shannon who worked with me at the health department were in town, and we able to meet up. We had brunch at Early Girl Cafe (Eliza) and coffee at Barnes&Nobles (Shannon). It was shoppers city over there at the Big Box stores and we were out of our minds to go there to meet up. You would never know from the crowd shopping, eating, and drinking lattes that we are in the middle of an economic meltdown. Maybe it's not as bad as they say.
There are numerous photos from Thankgiving that I'll be sharing over the next few days. These are from the hike up to Rattlesnake Lodge-Susan's compositions. Thanks for sharing them Susan.
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