Another outpatient appointment at Kaiser this morning and
another “get outta jail free” card (no transfusion needed). My numbers looked good again today, trending
in the right direction (still hanging right around the threshold for a possible
red blood cell transfusion, but since I’m still feeling good & not having
any shortness of breath, they let me go) J Good news is that my doc moved up my bone
marrow biopsy that had been scheduled for Thursday…its now going to be tomorrow
afternoon @ 1pm. I’ve requested some
medication this time (the first one hurt, big time, and now I’m anxious about
it, so they’ll give me an Ativan ahead of time tomorrow). With the bone marrow biopsy being moved up
that puts me back on track for a probable hospital admission later this week
(Thurs?) for Phase B of chemotherapy.
(You know me, I like to stay on schedule and be on time for everything J
lol
I have been experiencing some “bone pain” from the injections
I had to give myself last week. It is
the weirdest feeling to have my hips and my back be so sore, but it makes sense
because those injections help my bone marrow work overtime to stimulate growth
of healthy blood cells. I never had
growing pains as a child, but I imagine that they feel similar?
My MIL, Judy, is coming up from Pueblo tomorrow afternoon to
visit Scotty. I’m hoping that if I feel
up to it after my bone marrow biopsy (and if my doc approves), that John and I
might be able to have a little date night (even if its just going to get take
out & going for a drive) while Scott hangs out with Grandma Bates. :)
Continued thanks for all of the prayers and support. Fingers crossed that the results of my bone
marrow biopsy tomorrow are exactly what Dr. Liel wants to see (we’ll know
results on Thursday) & that we can proceed forward as planned with Phase B
of chemotherapy. To quote one of my
favorite cards that I got from my coworkers “Chemo Sucks….but if it sucks the
cancer right out of ya, then Yay Chemo!” J
-Chellie
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