Transfusion Profusion

One blood and three platelet transfusions in the last 6 days. This is not good. My counts should be bouncing back. I think (hope) the hemoglobin is, but the platelets are giving me a problem again. It's due to the chemo.

If I were feeling lots of benefit from the chemo, this would be a fair trade-off. However, it feels to me like the nodes in my groin are getting bigger and under my arms too. I can't tell what the nodes in my abdomen are doing, but my abdomen is pretty swollen most of the time.

I think I will call my chemo nurse today and ask about the ultrasound we had talked about doing after my last chemo. That should at least give us a clue what's happening around my left kidney, which had the hydronephrosis problem from nodes crimping off that ureter.

I wonder if I'll be switching to a new chemo regimen. If I do have to switch, I hope the new one has fewer side effects, not more.