Once again, today, there was no chemo treatment due to "bad blood." I can't seem to get my white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets to all cooperate at the same time. This week it's the platelets. So, instead, they gave me a shot to try and boost the platelets. I'll get another shot tomorrow, and then also on Saturday and Sunday. I'll have another blood draw on Monday to see if this is effective. We'll then just proceed as the blood allows.
My appetite has been pretty good lately and I'm gaining back a little bit of the weight I lost. The hardest part is finding things to eat that I can taste. The chemo affects (kills) my taste buds so I eat based more on texture than anything else. It's no fun to not be able to taste the good stuff now that I feel like eating again.
Tomorrow I meet with the E.N.T. specialist. Naturally, the nose bleeds have all but ended now. But my guess is that they're related to the Avastin and the delay in treatment has resulted in a break from the bloody noses. I highly doubt the E.N.T. doc will find anything wrong with my sinuses. BUT...as we all know...anything is possible!
Stay warm and ice-free! Although a little bit of snow might be pretty right now.
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