So tomorrow is it - my final chemo session. Everyone's been saying 'already, that was fast'; I guess my perspective is a bit different :). My only concern is that I have had some slight fevers over the last few nights (not enough to get checked out) which usually indicates that my WBC count is down so I'm hoping that it's not down so far that they won't perform chemo because, as I've said time and again, I certainly don't want any delays. Wish me luck.
Thanksgiving was good. A number of people invited me over, which I really appreciate but, ultimately, I decided that, given that it was Thursday, I didn't want to get too far from MSKCC. I try to push myself but I don't want to be stupid, particularly in these last few weeks. Min ended up cancelling her plans so that I wouldn't have to spend the day alone which was really cool of her. Given that it was kinda last minute, I ended up going online and ordering all of the ingredients to make a Thanksgiving dinner and it was all delivered a few hours ealier - there are some things I really love about living in the city :). Dinner came out well and we just ate and watched movies since it was a rainy day. And, as is typical for Thanksgiving, we had way too much food. I debated whether or not to go to work on Friday but when I got up in the morning to go to radiation, I felt exhausted and kinda blech all over. After radiation, I just came home and went to sleep until about 3 at which point I forced myself to get up and go for a long walk in the park as a way to combat the fatigue. It helped but I was still pretty out of it and did run a slight fever that night. Saturday I felt a bit worse actually and the fatigue was really heavy. Eventually I forced myself out of bed so that I could eat a bit and go for another walk but I spent most of the day in bed feeling exhausted to the bone and still kinda blech all over. Finally got to sleep around 2:30 and had a good night sleep - when I woke up this morning I felt much better than I had in the last couple of days and the fatigue had mostly lifted. Met Min and we went to chinatown for lunch - I hadn't really eaten enough over the last few days and it made a huge difference (went to a place called 'Congee Village' - food was good but the service sucked).
Going to get some sleep now, more tomorrow once I've gone for chemo.
--Dr. D
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