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Rob McAlpine wrote:Want me to visit and break the toilet?
LarryHoward wrote:What the hell. OM was probably right. Shouldn't pollute the sailing threads with updates.
First Chemo M-Th of last week. Felt good Fr/Sat and OK Sunday. M-W was pretty bad. No worse than moderate seasickness but no energy And just felt puny. Blood test Tuesday told the story. WBC in the tank. RBC low but just a but below low normal which is really low for me. Add in some significant dehydration and I was not well. In semi isolation at home and on antibiotics to avoid exposure to infectious folks.
Started feeling better yesterday and pretty good today. Blood work this afternoon has WBC low normal and RBC recovering. Off antibiotics and back to civilization. Seems my immune system kicked back in strongly. The perverse part is that allows them to continue high dose Chemo that will cycle me into the pits for about a week/month and I'm good with that.
Learning that I have to force myself to eat despite lack of appetite and push lots of fluids.
Overall, two weeks into aggressive treatment, I'm doing Ok. My scalp has started itching and burning a bit. Apparently that means my hair will start coming out in the next week. OM tells me it's a good look.
Jamie wrote:There are so many unknowns with healthcare, it's great to hear things are progressing according to plan.
LarryHoward wrote:Jamie wrote:There are so many unknowns with healthcare, it's great to hear things are progressing according to plan.
At least we are moving aggressively on a plan. We won't know how well it's working until we take a look at another CT in a month or so.
My hair forcast was optimistic. Started coming out pretty fast yesterday afternoon.
LarryHoward wrote:Another decent stay. Tolerated this set well with no nasty reactions. Now a few days before the blood count drops and I feel crappy for 3-4 days.
LarryHoward wrote:Another decent stay. Tolerated this set well with no nasty reactions. Now a few days before the blood count drops and I feel crappy for 3-4 days.
LarryHoward wrote:Better "recovery period" than I could have hoped and finished today with a "let's check progress" CT scan. Excellent news of a 30% reduction in tumor size to date and no signs of any metastasis at all. Tells us the diagnosis is spot on, the treatment is appropriate and we are on the offense.
Next Chemo session starts Thursday.
Orestes Munn wrote:LarryHoward wrote:Better "recovery period" than I could have hoped and finished today with a "let's check progress" CT scan. Excellent news of a 30% reduction in tumor size to date and no signs of any metastasis at all. Tells us the diagnosis is spot on, the treatment is appropriate and we are on the offense.
Next Chemo session starts Thursday.
Wow, what marvelous news! This will really make my 4th.
Fuckers just had to peek, didn't they?
LarryHoward wrote:
He said he knew I wanted to know but when I told him on Friday it was up to him, he said we would do it.