End of 3rd dose
Monday was the end of my third round of Chemo pills. It was a little harder on my system this time than it had been during the second dose. Fatigue was the worst effect.
Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday I just could not get enough sleep. I would only wake up for short periods of time and have to go to sleep again.
Monday I went to work but ended up leaving early.
Well today I had my Drs. Appointment and found out why I had been so tired.
I have a new assistant Dr. that I saw for the first time today. He came in and introduced himself and told me that my blood work had come back from the lab and that I was below anemic level and we may need to do a blood transfusion.
Wait a minute there cowboy, what are you talking about. He said my blood count was 9.9 (whatever that means) and normally a 10.0 would be considered anemic level and that a blood transfusion might be needed. So I said lets not hook up the old IV yet, come back in here with the other Dr. and lets see what we need to do.
10 mins later my regular guy, Dr. Brecia come in and said that my blood was very weak and that it is totally due to the medicine that I am taking. There is no need for a transfusion as my blood count will go up now that I am off the pills. We decided to take 2 and ½ weeks off between doses this time to let my body recover.
He told me that the fatigue I was feeling was due to the low blood count, and that with the levels I had, they were surprised I had enough energy to even make it into their office, much less go to work. So it certainly made sense why I was so tired the prior days when I was still on the medicine. At this point I had been off for 48 hours, so my blood has had that long to recuperate when they got the reading of 9.9.
So after setting the appointment for next time and getting my dosage instructions I went back to work for the rest of the day despite their surprise at my ability to be able to walk. I guess your body just gets used to dealing with challenges and takes it as part of normal operation after a while.
Anyway I will have the next appointment 6 weeks from now.
That is all the news I have, doing fairly well except for little pockets of time when it hits me like a hammer. But overall my quality of life is much better than it was 3 or 4 months ago.
Love to all,
Greg
Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday I just could not get enough sleep. I would only wake up for short periods of time and have to go to sleep again.
Monday I went to work but ended up leaving early.
Well today I had my Drs. Appointment and found out why I had been so tired.
I have a new assistant Dr. that I saw for the first time today. He came in and introduced himself and told me that my blood work had come back from the lab and that I was below anemic level and we may need to do a blood transfusion.
Wait a minute there cowboy, what are you talking about. He said my blood count was 9.9 (whatever that means) and normally a 10.0 would be considered anemic level and that a blood transfusion might be needed. So I said lets not hook up the old IV yet, come back in here with the other Dr. and lets see what we need to do.
10 mins later my regular guy, Dr. Brecia come in and said that my blood was very weak and that it is totally due to the medicine that I am taking. There is no need for a transfusion as my blood count will go up now that I am off the pills. We decided to take 2 and ½ weeks off between doses this time to let my body recover.
He told me that the fatigue I was feeling was due to the low blood count, and that with the levels I had, they were surprised I had enough energy to even make it into their office, much less go to work. So it certainly made sense why I was so tired the prior days when I was still on the medicine. At this point I had been off for 48 hours, so my blood has had that long to recuperate when they got the reading of 9.9.
So after setting the appointment for next time and getting my dosage instructions I went back to work for the rest of the day despite their surprise at my ability to be able to walk. I guess your body just gets used to dealing with challenges and takes it as part of normal operation after a while.
Anyway I will have the next appointment 6 weeks from now.
That is all the news I have, doing fairly well except for little pockets of time when it hits me like a hammer. But overall my quality of life is much better than it was 3 or 4 months ago.
Love to all,
Greg
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