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First thing this morning, I had my cell phone turned back on.
I had my treatment today. It was a disappointing day for it. This morning I felt the best I have felt in weeks. Just in time to get whacked again.
Almost all my blood counts were good. Only my Red Cell count was not great. They gave me an Aranesp shot to boost my Red Cell count. I told the nurses I felt the Aranesp was ineffective.
Since my blood counts were recently very low, the cut my treatment by 25%. I asked if that was the oncologist’s best guess on what to do. They said that was part of the standard procedure. That means the people that wrote the standard were guessing. Why not 22% or 27% reduction. It’s obviously a guess.
I have mixed feelings about the reduced
They also gave me 20 MG of Lasix to help prevent greater plural effusion.
I’ve had trouble eating lately. I just can’t think of anything that I like. The Vorlon Wife brought a Chinese mixed veggie with beef lunch today to the oncology clinic. It was the perfect lunch and I was able to eat about two-thirds of it. It went down well.
Tonight I’m feeling quite tired and am taking my ibuprofen and heading off to bed.
Tomorrow I’m considering trying the hyperthermia in addition to my chemo.
After my healing service and then the two pastors stopping by I sort of feel like I have now called in the BIG guns. I feel like I’ve BEEN using a B-B gun to go after a bear. Now, addition to the B-B gun, I’ve got an Abrams A1 tank firing high-explosive rounds at 500 yards.
Posted by The Vorlon at November 3, 2006 8:57 PM