Up Swing

Yesterday my white blood cell count count was .1 and I thought I was just about at 0.0 meaning the chemo killed off everything. Well... Today it is .4 so we are on the upswing. That means I have healthy marrow making blood as expected. I am doing daily Neupogen injections will helps build up marrow. The side effect will be bone pain. I have experienced it the first time in the hospital. And it was bad. I took 2 pain pills and had to redose after that to be comfortable. The next time I was at home. I took one at the first sign of pain and was nearly pain free. Once and done. Whew! That's the plan for this time. I will NOT get behind the power curve on this one. Just took one at 8 pm. Crap. Here it comes.

Plateletes are continuing to fall, so I got a bag today and get tomorrow off. My potassium is up, magnesium up, and protein holding.  I tell you what, it's a lot of work to think about the chemistry of eating to be sure I have good numbers. This is the last day of steroids, yay. They spike my blood sugar, so I have been careful what sugars I eat. I forgot to watch the carbs. The hamburger bun I used for my egg sandwich made it jump from 95 to 165. Oops.

Last night was the first time I had to take a Tums for indigestion. Chemo is expected to tear up the gastrointestinal tract, and I have been lucky so far. They have "Pepcid as neded" on my medicines list, but haven't needed it so far. More monitoring.

On the way home from clinic I got to sit in the car at Lowe's. Whoo. Hoo.

And in case you were wondering what color my toes are... They are Gill Grape. Thanks, Kim!

Tomorrow is a day off. Ahhh..... I will sleep in and rest. This low period kinds makes me tired. My energy is a 6 out of 10. I have felt so much worse after flying a red eye.

I got this.