Fasting
>It’s 10:30 and I have now finished my last food and drink until dinner time. Anybody who knows me well, knows that this will be a remarkable feat if I pull it off. I have an MRI of my liver at 4:30 and can’t eat or drink 6 hours before! I just had a nice big breakfast and drank some water, we’ll see how it goes! I’m a bit worried about the results, mostly because every result I’ve gotten so far has been worse than…
Ouch
>I think #3 was the worst so far. I’ve been pretty sick the entire time since chemo. The second one went well so I was hoping I might get less sick as they went, but I guess that’s not the case. I’m starting to get over it now though and I’m excited for my trip to Victoria this weekend. I’m heading out to take pictures at the Head of the Gorge, a big rowing race. Dawn is coming out with me and I’ll get to…
Here goes #3!
>I had my bloodwork done yesterday and chatted with the doctor a bit. My white blood cells were up to 1.6 this time, still not up into the 2-8 range, so I’m going to have to do 4 shots each time now of Neupogen. Boo! I told him about my lung issues and he’s going to remove the Bleomycin this time and I have to go for a lung performance test sometime soon. I hope that goes well. I’m about to head in for my…
2 Down!
>The second chemo didn’t seem to be all that bad so far. First couple days weren’t that nauseous then it got worse and was pretty bad for about 2 days. By the end of the weekend I was done feeling sick. Now I’m into the “can’t sleep even though I want to sleep 20 hours” phase. Fell asleep at about 3am last night and getting up for work this morning was a painful process which didn’t work too well! My chest is painful and I’m…
Just Made It!
>Your white blood cell counts are supposed to be between 2 and 8. Last week’s test put me at 0.4. My doctor said he won’t do chemo if it’s under 1. This week I rocked it and got 1.1! This afternoon is chemo #2 and I’m not really looking forward to it. I felt kind of sick this morning, I guess I’m just getting excited for the nausea!