I think I’ve been avoiding posting bc I want to just push through the end. I have one more infusion. Wednesday will be the last infusion in the center, then I bring my pump home for 46hrs(this is the …

Yes an F1 reference, but I’m not starting any races anytime soon. Unless it’s to the bathroom at the infusion center as I push my IV pole down the hall! So the 5shots to boost my neutrophils from 0.4 …

Well 3 shots of Zarxio are not enough to get my neutrophil levels up enough for chemo tomorrow. So, we are delayed again. Here’s the plan: up the dose of Zarxio, get shots tomorrow(assuming insurance …

Y’all, I’ve eaten food and tasted for 3 days. I was feeling extra hungry on Friday, so I had some cheese and crackers and some m&ms. The cheese with crackers kind of tasted good, and the m&ms …

It’s amazing how quickly one forgets. I had a gut feeling of what returning to chemo would feel like. My body remembered, but my brain did not. My taste is worse again, and my tongue burns a bit. I …

So, this 4 week break from my last infusion has shown me that I will eventually feel more like myself post-chemo. Taste didn’t come back fully, but I have had some bites of things that have been …

Well, no luck on my neutrophils. They actually went down :/ So I get to have a shot today, tomorrow, and Friday. Then I go for bloodwork on Monday, and chemo infusion hopefully on Wednesday. The …

So my blood test results finally came back after I got a second round. The most recent ones have me at 0.5 neutrophils when I’m supposed to be at 1 and preferably higher. The current plan is that I …

So, I had been waiting to write an update since Sunday. We spent the week in the desert which was so wonderful. I didn’t go anywhere, but it was so nice to just stretch out and breathe easy ish out …