Well it is at that point of treatment ... the halfway point ... the not much is new point ... the one minute I'm sick of this point and the next minute WooHoo! I'm on the down hill slope point ...
It is the night before treatment number five ... following this treatment I will either have one or three treatments remaining. I do not want to be disappointed so I'm preparing for three treatments because of course I will follow Dr. Patel's recommendation.
Last week the hemoglobin level did drop and I had a Procrit injection along with the weekly B-12 injection but I was able to stop the daily Lukine injections last Friday. This Monday both the neutrophils and hemoglobin were still up so I only had the B-12 injection; this is good, my body was able to produce enough white and red blood cells on its own.
My energy level is up but it lasts for only a short time and I'm not strong enough to be out and about this time. Believe me I tried to be out of the house but less than five minutes in the store and my energy was depleted; the cumulative effect of the treatment has caught up with me.
With treatments one through three I experienced neuropathy - numbness of the toes and fingers which for the most part went away before the next treatment. Quite a bit of the numbness now remains; it is not painful but it is slightly awkard to guide the pen while writing.
I have some fuzzy hair on my head; it's not a pretty sight or cute by any means, it's just a bit fuzzy hair.
Have I told you before how wonderful my husband is? He takes care of everything including me ... he's wonderful.
That's it ... really... there is nothing too tough to report - it is pretty much the same old six and seven around here. By the way, I checked out this expression and according to Wiki it is a 19th Century expression that originated in England and the original expression was "same old seven and six" which referred to the prevailing wage of seven shillings and six pence. The phrase implies that "things" are the same with nothing notable occuring.
That's the way it is around here and I can live with nothing notable occuring.
1 comment:
Hang in there - you are doing great - i know the last stretch is when we give up and let God go for it - so LET GO and watch he ride. I'm just sorry I can't coordinate by chemo with yours - it would have been fun!
Donna
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