And you probably didn't know I was in it. On Tuesday, my temperature spiked to 101.5 and I was concerned that my wbc count was going down rather than up so I ended up going to MSKCC's urgent care center. There they checked my wbc count and it actually was up a bit to 1200 but they were concerned about the fever as it could indicate some kind of infection so, after consulting w/Dr. I, they decided to keep me for a while and run some blood cultures to see if there was anything going on biological-wise. Other than my temperature being all over the place, I felt pretty good so I wasn't thrilled w/being admitted to the hospital but I figured it was the best way to get well enough for chemo this coming Monday. Wed was pretty boring but I was still running a fever and Thursday was similar. By Thursday, they had run the complete blood cultures and they were negative and my wbc count was up to 2200 but I was still having some small fevers so they decided to keep me until Saturday. Luckily, today the doctor decided to let me go, since I was doing so well, as long as I promised to come back if any more problems occurred. So here I am, home :)
--Dr. D
Friday, December 01, 2006
Monday, November 27, 2006
Sunday, November 26, 2006
Once More unto the Breech Dear Friends, Once More
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
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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