Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Caution...

Well, who would have thunk?  I have a white blood cell count of 1.2K!!!  (for those not in the medical field, normal counts run from ~4.5-10K so this means I am at increased risk of infections)  Good thing is that at least I am not currently neutropenic.  I am trying to be very careful.  I have washed my hands raw and am trying to stay away from sick people--ironic that I work at a hospital!

Good news is that I was told that the extent of my side effects, more particularly nausea, bone aches, mucositis and neuropathy, have been reached; the more chemo I get does not necessarily mean that these will get worse.  If I haven't had a major problem then I shouldn't!!!  YAY!!!  The only catch is that I will definitely be feeling more and more tired and fatigued as the number of cycles increase and hopefully my Neulasta shots will work and I won't have to worry about silly things like white blood cell counts and becoming neutropenic.  But, like a wise friend always reminds me...there are no guarantees in life; so I guess only time will tell.

As my colleagues at work were shocked to see my blood work results, they urged me to go home early and so I did.  I came home, napped and ate.  I was feeling so good early in the evening I ventured out to celebrate the hard work of my good friend Sandy who just took both her Hematology and Oncology board exams--strong work Doctor!!!:)  Now I am ready to sleep--shocking!

Tomorrow is a new day and hopefully all the food and sleep I have consumed in the last 24 hours will help stimulate more of those white blood cells to develop and protect me from any harm.

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