Yesterday I should have been in therapy, but frustratingly my white blood cell count was down below a threshold :-( And that's a no-no for chemo.
Seems these things happen, and there's no way to predict what white cells might do. I wondered if it might be because of this cough (and intermittent sore throat) but it seems not. All the medics would say is chemo attacks white cells like everything else. I'm therefore on an out-of-cycle course of the "white cell stimulating" injections, with a hope that the number will be good on Monday, enabling therapy to restart next Thursday.
And, talking of good numbers, the blood test that highlighted the white cell challenge also showed my CEA marker is down... again!
We're now in uncharted territory, nudging the 100's. Maybe I need to look at the effect of this chemo regime on white cells as "just" collateral damage of its positive effect on the lesions? Who knows... So long as it continues to work, I'll take anything.
But, yesterday I did have therapy - of the Bowen and CST kinds! Once I heard the news about chemotherapy, we quickly decided to book a session with our physical therapist, and a great session it was too. Highly recommended!
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