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I failed to get my chemo today. It turns out my white cell count was too low. This is spite have having a Neupogen shot three days preceding today. My white cell count was 1,800. It needed to be well over 3,500 to get treatment.
I was a VERY unhappy camper. I will now continue to have a Neupogen shot every day and try to get treatment next Tuesday. I shudder to think of what it would have been like, had I not had the three days of Neupogen.
The nurse who gave me the bad news said, “Don’t beat yourself up. There’s nothing you could have done.”
I don’t buy that. If we knew ahead of time this would happen, would we have done something differently?
I suspect we would.
My oncologist was walking through the room and I expressed my frustration with the results. He said this happens. I told him he knows how I don’t like to change the schedule.
He said he knew that, but that I was not Superman. He said I am not a computer I just play with them.
Although the Neupogen doesn’t initially whack you, I have previously found it fatiguing after being on it for several days.
Ironically, I don’t feel as tired tonight as I have on previous nights. Although I have some redness and a little ache on the arm that got the IV last week. I think I’m getting closer to the point of having a mediport installed. Although this would make my treatments easier, I resist it.
Still, I’m going to bed early. I don’t know if I’ll go into the office tomorrow or not. With a very low white cell count, it is probably better if I stay home. Still my office should not be too much strange when it comes to bacteria.
Posted by The Vorlon at August 24, 2006 8:15 PM