Vorlon Whispers

July 27 Final Update

I had my chemo treatment today and it went well – although it took over four hours. They have warned me that this chemo may make me more nauseous than other treatments. I get another treatment next Thursday. I told the nurse that since my current white cell count is about 4,900 and we expect it to drop, wouldn’t it make sense to be proactive and do something ahead of time so I would not have to postpone my next treatment due to a low white cell count.

I told her I was a first-born type A personality pain in the neck and I didn’t want the schedule to be delayed. She talked to the doctor and they have me going in three days ahead of my next treatment for Neupogen shots. I am pleased with that plan.

My stomach feels a little uneasy from time to time. I felt a little uneasy, when I came home, but I ate a big meal anyway as I wanted to pack on as many calories as possible before my tasted buds degenerated. I actually felt a little better after I ate.

Then I took some Ginger capsules. On an episode of Mythbusters, they tested various motion sickness solutions. In their testing with real people, they found that ginger pills were effective against motion sickness.

They gave me a prescription for some additional medication to take tomorrow and Saturday that is also supposed to help.

It’s late and past my bedtime. I’m off to bed.

Posted by The Vorlon at July 27, 2006 10:13 PM