Dam nutrophils low again...

Last time my nutrophils were 1.0. Yesterday they were 1.1. So when I went in today, the nurse explained that the oncologist requested I have another blood test today to see if they have come up any. Sheesh - is he expecting a miracle overnight?? Anyway, blood test 2 days in a row. At any rate, the nutrophils today were 1.2 which means I will still have chemo tomorrow but at a reduced rate again. Not the same reduction as last time as I am having a new drug tomorrow. Probably about a 10 or 15% reduction instead of 25%.

Today I had my first round of Herceptin, which is a drug I'll have to take through my port for another year or longer after this. I think, but I'm not sure, that the schedule will be similar - every 3 weeks. Tomorrow I take a new drug. Next chemo round I will have them together, this first round of new drugs is the more cautious round to see how I react to each separately before they give them to me together.

Apparently, the new drugs are less invasive to my bone marrow and therefore my nutrophils shouldn't be AS affected....

On another note, my new carpet was installed yesterday. It looks....okay. We have realized that there is definitely a sacrifice for aesthetics when choosing the practicality of something like Berber for when you have 2 dogs. Certainly it looks better than the 19 year old pink carpet.... But nothing I'm screaming home about. The best part about it is that it is CLEAN and PEE FREE. The second best thing is that it is comfy. Thick and squishy.

Also, further to my previous post regarding my head looking like a testicle.... I was thinking last night that if my head previously looked like a hairy testicle, it stands to reason that now that it's shaved, it must simply look like a shaved testicle.... What a depressing thought. I think this has just inspired me to wear my wigs more diligently....!

I promise I won't use the word testicle in any further posts...