Vacation's Over

Well, as soon as Dr Lestingi saw the node under my arm, and said "Oh, wow" I knew my chemo vacation was over. He gave me the choice of waiting a couple of weeks longer and watching it (until the new semester starts???) or just taking prednisone for 5 days to shrink it temporarily (and then get treatment again anyway when the prednisone wore off) or getting treated today. I chose today, after the pain I've been having there the past couple of weeks.

The other deciding factor was when we saw that my WBC was going down, especially the neutriphils. That's probably due to the lymphoma. Better to get it over with, I say, than have to be walking on eggshells for the next couple of weeks... Oops, not eggshells. They have too many germs on them. :-) I'm supposed to be at least moderately careful about germs and fresh fruits and veggies, since my neutriphil count is under 1. The good news, though, is that I'll get a Neulasta shot tomorrow afternoon and my WBC should shoot back up to reasonable levels.

Here are today's counts. (Look at that platelet count!)
WBC 2.9 (neutriphils 0.8)
HgB 13.8
Platelets 221

Well, I guess on prednisone New Years Eve should be lots of fun. I shouldn't have trouble staying up to watch the ball drop. Hope I don't dance on any tables or do anything else too embarrassing.

Happy New Year to all!