WEDNESDAY LABS
I did not know exactly what to expect today but was hoping my numbers would go up....at least a wee bit.
Well, well, well, my journey has not always been predictable. As much as I record data and make charts and try to cipher what will happen next, I am batting maybe 60%. When I woke up this morning my mouth was full of these nasty blood blister type sores, small bruises were developing on my face and I bleed at the least provocation.
No surprise when your platelets are in the teens. As I said yesterday, platelets thicken your blood. Yesterday they were 17 and today 18. This is what happens....especially the sores in your mouth first. So, it's hard to eat, sore and very uncomfortable but they should start going away in a week or so. My platelets were about 275 [normal] a couple weeks ago after I had just finished round 3 of chemo, by the way.
Second, my white blood cells which were .5 on Monday were .7 today. I am very, very neutropenic and wear a mask now if I am out anyplace....which I am not, except for doctor appointments for this week. They should be 10 times that.
So what's the bottom line? Dr. Singh says that my numbers are coming back and I'll be feeling much better by the middle of next week. Yippee.
However, yesterday I told Dawn that I'd bet that Dr. Singh was going to send me for a platelet transfusion today. Just a guess from my months of experience. And, yep, I'm heading to Sherman for a bag of platelets tomorrow. I'd guess I might have gotten them today but my doctor wanted some special irradiated platelets and the outpatient infusion center had to order them. My "travel department" friends are taking me at 11am and it only takes two hours. So that's good. I'll work on my online photography class while I am there.
I thought I might have Round 4 of chemo the 2nd week in September. Dr. Singh said, No. Maybe a bit later.
So here's a photo of my arms. Just drawing blood for labs bruises me up big time and bleeds a lot. At least they don't hurt like my mouth. Hugs for tonight, Bob.
I did not know exactly what to expect today but was hoping my numbers would go up....at least a wee bit.
Well, well, well, my journey has not always been predictable. As much as I record data and make charts and try to cipher what will happen next, I am batting maybe 60%. When I woke up this morning my mouth was full of these nasty blood blister type sores, small bruises were developing on my face and I bleed at the least provocation.
No surprise when your platelets are in the teens. As I said yesterday, platelets thicken your blood. Yesterday they were 17 and today 18. This is what happens....especially the sores in your mouth first. So, it's hard to eat, sore and very uncomfortable but they should start going away in a week or so. My platelets were about 275 [normal] a couple weeks ago after I had just finished round 3 of chemo, by the way.
Second, my white blood cells which were .5 on Monday were .7 today. I am very, very neutropenic and wear a mask now if I am out anyplace....which I am not, except for doctor appointments for this week. They should be 10 times that.
So what's the bottom line? Dr. Singh says that my numbers are coming back and I'll be feeling much better by the middle of next week. Yippee.
However, yesterday I told Dawn that I'd bet that Dr. Singh was going to send me for a platelet transfusion today. Just a guess from my months of experience. And, yep, I'm heading to Sherman for a bag of platelets tomorrow. I'd guess I might have gotten them today but my doctor wanted some special irradiated platelets and the outpatient infusion center had to order them. My "travel department" friends are taking me at 11am and it only takes two hours. So that's good. I'll work on my online photography class while I am there.
I thought I might have Round 4 of chemo the 2nd week in September. Dr. Singh said, No. Maybe a bit later.
So here's a photo of my arms. Just drawing blood for labs bruises me up big time and bleeds a lot. At least they don't hurt like my mouth. Hugs for tonight, Bob.
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