Before I begin, I'd like to send out a belated happy birthday wish to Chris. We were thinking of you yesterday and remembering all the fun we had on Liberty. Hope you had a wonderful day!
Thursday's Gemzar treatment went fine. Surprisingly, since it's been four weeks since my last treatment, my white cell count was pretty low although high enough to have the chemo. The doctor and I worked out a schedule for this round. I have my second treatment of this cycle next Friday. As long as my white cell counts are good the week before our cruise, I'll have the treatment. If they are low, we'll skip it rather than take a chance -- sending me off onto a plane and then a boatload of people carrying germs! I'll have had the week prior off, so I'm sure it will be fine.
I experienced some nausea yesterday despite all the drugs they gave me prior to the infusion, so while I was in for my Zometa infusion they gave me some Zofran. It cleared up the nausea in about an hour, and I need to pick up my prescription of it from the pharmacy today. I usually don't experience nausea following Gemzar since we worked out the antiemetic drugs, but maybe because this is the same amount of chemo but given over a much shorter time, my body reacted differently. We'll see what happens next week.
I got my first haircut since prior to radiation and despite seeing lots of grey now, I'm quite happy with it. My bald patch is filling in with peach fuzz with the exception of a few quarter-sized spots that are refusing to participate at the moment. Ed measured my fuzzy area the other day and it's about 6-1/2" x 4-1/2" -- much larger than I realized. It's going to take about six months for the fuzz to become manageable hair, I think, so I'll keep my hair cut low to help even it out (that's wishful thinking at the moment). I'm really getting tired of my wig, and as the weather warms up I'm not going to want to wear it at all. I'm currently on a search for hats (other than my baseball caps) that I can wear until things even out. No luck so far.
I'm feeling much better today and plan to run some errands after lunch. I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend. Only four more weeks until Spring arrives!!
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Hi Karen,
Glad things went relatively well with your infusion. Have you ever had the Neulasta shot for your white blood cell count? It really helped me! Also, check Kohls for hats. I am still on the lookout myself and will let you know if I find anything. So far, I haven't turned anything up. Maybe with Easter coming we will have better luck. Feel good and have a great day.
K
Glad to hear you were feeling better this weekend. I hope it continues for you. Good luck with your hat hunt!
Amy & Chris
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