After getting home, was still battling the on going fever. It seems that it was a viral thing, as the antibiotics were in control of any bacterial issues. Spent most of Saturday just chilling, relaxing and napping; saving my strength for that evening. On Saturday evening, dressed up and escorted Shannon and Ashley to their annual Girl Scout Daddy/Daughter dance. It was good to get out of the house and the girls really were excited that Daddy was able to take them to the dance. We had a good time, had some nice dances with both of them, got some photos and those will up on Facebook shortly.
Sunday was again relaxing and then got out for a bit and then ran a couple softball errands during the day, again nice to be out the house. Feeling better and getting a bit tired of left overs we decided to head out for dinner. Headed over to Buffalo Wing Factory for some wings and watch a little NCAA and golf. Another nice respite and was starting to feel back to normal, but tired.
Sleeping has been a challenge, I sleep in about a 4 hour block and then it is on and off each hour, so that has been tiring me out. Not to mention fighting what ever has been bothering me and sweating like a stuck pig each night, would really enjoy a regular nights sleep.
Today Marnie woke feeling like crap, she had a fever and head cold that had her feeling pretty miserable. She ended up going back to sleep and I got the girls ready for school and then headed over to the infusion center to start Round 2 of Chemo. Had some good news when they did my blood work, my WBC's have gone from 1,400 cells/microliter on Friday up to 26,400 cells/microliter this morning and more specifically the neutrophils are up over 18,000 cells/microliter. Both of those numbers are way over normal, so right now my Immune system is in overdrive. This is the result of the Neuprogen doing it's job! So that was really encouraging. Talked with the Doctor for a bit and he was encourged as well and wanted me to keep working the Neuprogen in to things as possible (can't take Neuprogen 24 hours before or after chemo), so as able will be taking the Neuprogen in the coming weeks to prevent a repeat visit to the hospital!
Wasn't looking forward to another week like week 1, and had a head ache myself this morning. After they got things flowing this morning, some Tylenol helped with the head ache and then by this afternoon was feeling much better. Was actually feeling decent and ran a couple errands with my mother. As one of the oncology nurses put it, seems like my body is getting 'used' to the Chemo and it's not affecting me as adversely as it did the first time. Hoping this trend continues and I continue to do better than before.
Thank to everyone for the continued thoughts and prayers, they certainly seem to be working and are very appreciated from one and all!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Yay for the achey/breaky neupogen! I am glad you went to the dance with your girls...that's important for them and for you! Just know that we're with you, and you can turn here for empathy and sympathy! Your body definitely adjusts....you'll get more tired overall, but your body knows what to expect now, and that will combat a lot of the fear and a lot of the yucks. I couldn't drive my whole first cycle, and by fourth I was driving all over and feeling fine by the third day! Know that this, too, is normal. Lots of love!
ReplyDeleteHey Roger - modern medicine is doing it's thing -sounds like all the drugs are finally in place doing their job. Glad the WBC is finally going in the right direction - hopefully that will help you start to feel a little better even with all the drugs being pumped in. xxx000 can't wait to see pics of you "dancing" with the girls!
ReplyDeletekeep up the good work roger, it will all be over before you know it...cya in a couple of months................dagger
ReplyDeleteThat's good news Roger! Glad to hear your numbers are up. Hang in there! ----Drum
ReplyDelete