Round 1 Day 8

This is how they tell where you are in your chemo cycle. I'm still trying to get the lingo down. R1D8 went well. I also started my second drug that night.

I came home and slept and had pretty severe chills, but no fever. I would really like to have a BM, as it's been a couple of days and that is sooooo not like me. My legs and feet are a little numb, sort of like they were when I went in and was ultimately diagnosed with MS. All these things are to be expected. I did have one day of the big D (diarrhea) last Monday, but that was all. So far I don't think I really have anything to complain about.

My Dr was on spring break so saw his PA. I asked about the cancer marker (CA19-9) in the blood and if it can give you an accurate account of what is happening. She said that there is often no direct correlation between the numbers and the status of your cancer. That is usually determined by scans. So next week I will have more questions about knowing how things are going. My white blood cell count was a bit down, so I guess we know the drug did something.