Well my platelets are still going up! I’m at 52k today. The rest of my blood hasn’t really changed though (white blood cells at 0.9k, neutrophils at 0.3k and hemoglobin at 11.8k) so I’m still a little anemic and have a compromised immune system. My doctor does think he’ll give me my 5th dose of chemo next week. I’m currently in the IV chair getting immunotherapy (rituximab) and will be here for a couple hours still.
I’m very tired today and have been pretty achy the last couple days but again, it’s not awful. Could be a lot worse! I’ll probably get more blood work later this week and then will get treatment again next Monday. Thanks for checking up on me!
POST TREATMENT:
I had some reactions to the rituxan again today but not as bad as the first dose. I started getting hives and itching. They gave me more steroids and slowed down the IV drip. I did manage to finish the second dose but it was a long day in the chair again. I got another shot of filgrastim today and will go in for more shots tomorrow, Thursday and Friday. I expect I’ll get both chemo and immuno therapies next Monday. We’ll see.
