October 21, 2009

• Ho hum

  Posted by Stephanie 11:30am from the house

  I’m excited to say that today is my last chemo treatment until after surgery next month. Woohoo! On the flipside, it’s the Day 8 treatment which will leave me feeling awful here in a few days, but I’ll get through that just fine, and I’ve even got an extra week tacked on to recover before surgery.

  Day 1 of this round went off without a hitch–white count was thankfully back down into normal range at 8.6. Hemoglobin is hanging steady (though on the low side) at 9.0, and my platelets rebounded nicely back up to 142. The low hemoglobin makes me more susceptible to cold weather than the average person. That level has been much lower in the past–I existed for almost two years in the 7-8 range, but it was down in Houston, where it’s nice and warm most of the time. I went to Sammy’s band competition weekend before last, and saw them perform, but didn’t get to hang around as long as I wanted because I was just too darn cold!

  Life is good otherwise. Sammy and I got the living room carpet steam-cleaned last weekend, which also forced us to clean up that area in general. This coming weekend we’ll tackle the downstairs family room in the same way. Most of my days are filled with laundry, dishes, paying bills and trying to organize stuff around the house, but it seems I never even make a dent. Such is life, I suppose. I do get to break up the monotony of that with occasional meals out with mom or friends, and getting to see people is one of the best parts of being home.

  Yeah, that’s about it. I’m sure there’s been more exciting stuff to happen since my last post, and I of course always have lots of emotions and thoughts running around in my head, but today I’m feeling tired and pretty ho-hum, so none of that is making it’s way to the surface and out via the keyboard. There’s always time for that later. For now, I’m gonna try to catch a quick nap, make some lunch, then head out for chemo. Adios.

  –Steph

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