Vorlon Whispers

November 10 Final Update

I had me chemo treatment. The good news was that except for my red cell and hemoglobin counts my blood numbers looked good.

They have me scheduled for a Neulasta shot Monday morning. I expressed my concern of getting a shot on Monday instead of tomorrow. They pointed out that my white cell count was very high today (28.5) and they wanted to wait a day or two to hit it with Neulasta. While I am not completely convince of their case, the DO have a point.

Part of the treatment is my premeditations. Normally I get 2 mg of Kytril and 20 mg of Decahedron. Today, because of my reduced chemo, I only got 1 mg of Kytril and 10 mg of Decadron.

I came home and found my stomach was not happy. I’ve been taking ginger capsules and that helps. I was surprisingly tired. When I cam home, I had a Boost Plus and then lay down and took a nap.

During my exam yesterday my oncologist said, “You’ve been on chemo for over a year. I don’t know how you do it.” I told him, “You do what you have to do.”

I asked him about augmenting my chemo with hyperthermia. He was not thrilled with the idea. I told him this is something I can try at home. Although he was not enthusiastic about it, he could tell it is something I may try. I think he knows how stubborn I can be. I’m trying to set it up so he can talk to a local researcher on this and let the medical types talk in their language.

I see augmenting my chemo with hyperthermia as something that has a low risk and good potential upside. If I can do it as home, out of pocket cost is negligible.

The really good news is I have a 3-week chemo vacation. I told them that I had mixed feelings about it. Although I appreciated the chemo vacation, I also didn’t want to let up on my enemy. In war, you give you enemy no quarter.

Danny boy continues to settle in. The Vorlon Wife took him for a long walk while I was napping. Upon her return, I awoke and just sat in a groggy lump for a bit. I looked over at Danny Boy sleeping on the sofa about where I had previously been and he had his head on MY PILLOW!

Talk about taking over.

Now I’m off to bed, ON MY PILLOW and he can sleep on the bed at the foot of the bed. Last night she couldn’t get him to settle down. He kept woofing at some people at a neighbor’s house. About 3:00 am, the Vorlon Wife went looking for him and found him sleeping on the sofa all by himself. Normally he only hops on to the sofa if one or the other of us is on the sofa. I think he’s starting to like to sleep on the sofa so much he doesn’t need to have us there.

Next weekend the Vorlon Parents, sister and brother-in-law are coming for a visit. The sofa is a sofa bed and they prefer to sleep on it, as they don’t have to go up and down the stairs – that’s something I can really appreciate these days. They may get a Danny Boy surprise in the middle of the night. No, not an accident, buy a warm wet tongue on any exposed flesh.

I’m off to bed.

Posted by The Vorlon at November 10, 2006 8:40 PM