I went in to the Hutch and had some blood counts done today. I seem to be operating within normal parameters.
This is no guarantee that I’ll continue to have a decent white blood cell count by next Friday, but we’ll see. Dr. Petersdorf said there was "at least a fair to middling chance that my white blood cell count will be too low next Friday to do chemo" and that we’ll have to do growth factors. Let’s hope my marrow toughs it out. I’d rather just press on and get this taken care of.
I asked that they do a MUGA scan to get a baseline measurement of my heart function so we can tell if the Adriamycin does any damage. So they’re going to do that next week as well. And next time I get the blood work done, they’ll also check my liver enzymes to see how they’re doing. w00t!
is the adriamycin one of the chemo drugs? what sort of heart damage does it do? and its good to see that youre white blood cells havent dropped yet.
Found your Space via some other Messenger people. I hope your treatment goes well and you make a full recovery.Be strong.Chris
Hi John,I\’m glad to read that you\’re feeling pretty good. I will keep my fingers crossed for the results of your liver enzyme check, as those are probably useful with respect to drinking beer.