I know it has been a while since my last post but that is actually a good thing. To catch you up.. after treatment #6 my doctor took me off the adriamycin. A nurse call it "the red devil".. and she was right. Doc substituted another med in it's place and and ordered an echo-cardiogram.. The echo was normal.. thank God.. because the adriamycin has a side effect on the heart.
Round 7 was given 3 weeks ago with the substituted med and I tolerated it so much better.. It's the third week and I feel like my old self. Still dealing with numbness in the hands and feet. My weight is 206 which is a little more that what I want, but I'll deal with that later. My last treatment is Wednesday 10/31.. Halloween. I'm hoping the nurses dress up.. I have a PET scan scheduled for December 3rd and a doctor's appointment on 12/7.
I'm still working from home as my white counts are below 3.0 consistently.. I have not been sick like with a cold or fever.. which is great and even though at times my WBC is low, and my neutrophil count were low before my treatments, my counts have come back to a point where I can take my treatment without getting a Neurlasta shot..
So I'm looking forward to being done.. getting my hair back, and the feelings in my fingers too..
Thanks you all for your prayers and thoughts.. God Bless you all as we begin to enter into the holiday season..
