I went in Friday morning at 8 for my blood work, a MUGA scan, and chemo. The schedule was to be: 8am blood, 8:30 MUGA, 11:30 doctor, 12:30 chemo.

 

Alas, things did not go this way. It wasn’t entirely unexpected that this would happen, but my white blood cell count was too low to begin the chemo. My neutrophils, which apparently are the primary infection fighting cells, were only 420 / uL. The normal range was something like 1800 – 7000 / uL.

 

This means next Tuesday and Wednesday they’ll inject me with growth factors to kick my bone marrow into go mode so by Friday I’ll have enough white blood cells to get the chemo.

 

Then every 2 weeks thereafter on Tuesday and Wednesday I’ll get growth factors before my Friday chemo. So at least now I won’t slip my schedule any more and it’s more well-known so people can schedule their visits to see me.