Round 3, Day 8

We went in today for chemo. The Dr. said my platelets were good, but white cell count a bit low. May have to adjust dosage next week. My third treatment is next week. After that I will get another CAT scan. During my week off I will meet with the Dr. to go over results and status where I am at. He says I'm doing really well. My CA19-9 has gone from 9,000 to 57, 3 points above the top of the normal range. He is optimistic that my scan will show progress of some kind or another. Perhaps tumor shrinkage, slow-down of growth, or maybe even some of them gone. I'm very anxious to find out how I am doing.

If things look good, I'm definitely going to get a port. It took two very painful sticks today to get in a vein. I still have bruises up my vein in the arm from last week. After next Thursday, I'm done with chemo in a new vein each week. Plus, the medication is very hard on the veins.

I've had a scratchy throat all week, but Dr. said it looks fine. I think it's probably allergy related since I've been pulling weeds in the flower gardens. Kind of lost my voice tonight. I've enjoyed doing the weeding. I put on my ipod, rock to the music and pull weeds. It's very therapeutic, as I can just put other things out of my head. And, the flower beds look nicer.

I got the usual headache and slept for a few hours. Wouldn't you know, that today would have been a great local storm-chasing day, and I missed out. Dang!