Mostly good news to report today. I had another Taxol treatment yesterday, and my liver enzymes were back to a reasonable level, albeit still higher than normal. The Doc thinks the spike last time was due to the Neulasta, so I jumped on that and said "So I don't have to take it again?", to which she replied "Ah, no. Nice try, but I do want to you get the Neulasta one more time." She didn't think my white blood cells would come back in time for the next treatment without it, but the good news is that it is definitely the last time since next time around will be my last chemo and I can rebuild on my own after that. It's almost hard to believe that this part of my treatment is almost over, and the timing couldn't be better. The days are getting longer, we've had a sustained thaw with several sunny days in a row now in the 40's - it just feels like I am joining with the world in coming back to life and seeing the end of a long winter coming into focus.
Thanks to my Valentine's Day chemo buddy RoxAnn and thanks Mom for the replacement hat. I wouldn't have blamed you for putting the "if found return to:" tag in it since I did lose the first one!
Good to hear your springing back too. Was good to see you at the research meeting- Dv
ReplyDeleteDonna—
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear that things are going well... With the price of that shot, did you really think they would nix it?! (though your Dr.'s explanation makes sense.)
Anyway, hope the thaw is slow, and that there are no floods in your neck of the woods.
Jim
Hey Donna,
ReplyDeleteGood seeing you at the research meeting; you look healthy to me! Glad to read that you lack that mutant gene (although most biologists must have some sort of mutation because they are all weird) and are finishing up the chemo portion of your treatment, which most importantly, appears to be working (is this a long enough incomplete sentence?)!
Me being one of the more technology-challenged Minnesotans, I find gratitude just to be able to write a comment on your blog! I keep writing in the post comment section without logging on, only to learn that my efforts failed. Once I figure that out, then I find myself having difficulty remembering that email address I seldom use.
Take care and stay warm!
Mike