My bloodwork came back and I am at mostly normal levels now. My magnesium was off, and my white blood cell counts over recovered and are high. Technically, I could go out for lunch and have a normal day. But I will not. It's not worth the risk of infection.
The biopsy went well today. No pain afterwards. How nice! The most annoying thing is the gigantic dressing pulling at my skin. I am pretty lucky.
They sent me home connected to a bag of fluids and a pump. It's about the size of a bottle of wine. I can carry it like a purse and not have to do anything to it. It is preprogrammed to drip slowly now then go at a quick rate at 4 am. Of course it will start beeping at that time.
Chemotherapy
There is an "A" cycle and a "B" cycle. The first round was an A cycle. Tomorrow is a B cycle which requires a hospital stay. The B has different chemo drugs than I had in the past. Hopefully the side effects will not be too bad.
I expect 4 days in the hospital this time, but it depends on the chemo passing through my system before being released to home. Then it will be 2-3 trips a week to the clinic for blood work and probably an infusion of blood and platelets
And I must do two spinal taps in the next week and a half. Man, I hate those....
When I get home on day 4, I will be at Rock Bottom again. As far as I know, they will let me recover at home. Which means I will be severely neutropenic and susceptible to any infection. When I told Kent this, he was concerned. As he should be. We will be very very careful and if I get a fever of 100.5, I will probably get rushed to the hospital and admitted to my 4th floor dorm.
But we don't need to worry about that right now. I just need to rest and let them do their jobs. (We made 2 chocolate cakes to help grease the wheels!)
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