Tuesday, 5 December 2006
My Dear Friends,
Staying home from work today, as I have been every Tuesday after chemo. I'm starting the second month of this type. I get it on Monday and feel tired and nauseous. Tuesday, I am really tired. Usually I get headaches on Monday from the Herceptin but this time, it waited until today.
Got a call from the doctor's office this morning. My stomach always lurches when I see it's them on the caller ID. They only call when something is bad, as I've mentioned before. This time, it was only the white blood cells, thank God. We expect that to happen. They were 2.2 yesterday (normal is between 4.0 and 10.0, I think?) I fix this by taking those Neupogen shots. I was supposed to take two shots this week but now I'll need three. Oh well.
I asked about the other blood test they did yesterday. This one is once a month. Thank God my liver enzymes were normal! I always fear the cancer will spread to the liver. God forbid.
Wow, I didn't even want to write that.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to the Christmas season. The first family party will be this weekend, on my stepmom's side. I will bring two of my famous appetizers...orange mini-muffins stuffed with turkey & cranberries...also, I'll bring bite-sized round open-faced roast beef sandwiches with cheese, baby sweet pickles and Dijon mayonnaise. I have this awesome hors d'oeuvre cookbook.
I was very happy to get a long e-mail from my oldest (should I say longest-lasting) friend today. We became penpals in the fifth grade, so we've been writing for something like 28 years! Man, time flies! She visited the U.S. to work security for the Atlanta Olympics so we met in person once. She reads the blog so I wanted to give her a nod. :)
Tomorrow I will try to sell some doll clothes at the local grade school's holiday show. I'll take my shot in the morning to get those white cells up.
On the homefront, the church ladies have been bringing us dinner every Monday and the school staff is taking Tuesdays. We are very blessed to live among such fine Christian people.
Thank you for your continued prayers.
Love,
Jeanette
PS: Did you know Spellcheck wanted me to replace "penpals" with "pimples"? :)
Staying home from work today, as I have been every Tuesday after chemo. I'm starting the second month of this type. I get it on Monday and feel tired and nauseous. Tuesday, I am really tired. Usually I get headaches on Monday from the Herceptin but this time, it waited until today.
Got a call from the doctor's office this morning. My stomach always lurches when I see it's them on the caller ID. They only call when something is bad, as I've mentioned before. This time, it was only the white blood cells, thank God. We expect that to happen. They were 2.2 yesterday (normal is between 4.0 and 10.0, I think?) I fix this by taking those Neupogen shots. I was supposed to take two shots this week but now I'll need three. Oh well.
I asked about the other blood test they did yesterday. This one is once a month. Thank God my liver enzymes were normal! I always fear the cancer will spread to the liver. God forbid.
Wow, I didn't even want to write that.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to the Christmas season. The first family party will be this weekend, on my stepmom's side. I will bring two of my famous appetizers...orange mini-muffins stuffed with turkey & cranberries...also, I'll bring bite-sized round open-faced roast beef sandwiches with cheese, baby sweet pickles and Dijon mayonnaise. I have this awesome hors d'oeuvre cookbook.
I was very happy to get a long e-mail from my oldest (should I say longest-lasting) friend today. We became penpals in the fifth grade, so we've been writing for something like 28 years! Man, time flies! She visited the U.S. to work security for the Atlanta Olympics so we met in person once. She reads the blog so I wanted to give her a nod. :)
Tomorrow I will try to sell some doll clothes at the local grade school's holiday show. I'll take my shot in the morning to get those white cells up.
On the homefront, the church ladies have been bringing us dinner every Monday and the school staff is taking Tuesdays. We are very blessed to live among such fine Christian people.
Thank you for your continued prayers.
Love,
Jeanette
PS: Did you know Spellcheck wanted me to replace "penpals" with "pimples"? :)
posted by Mark Kappe @ 9:18 AM
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