March 31 2026

March 31st 2026

Well, today was Treatment #5

Or, well, it was supposed to be.

Last night we got all the bags packed as well as all the snacks and drinks and everything else we need to get us through the treatment day.

As usual I was a bit terrified as I was worried this one was going to be just as rough as the last one, or worse. So I didn't sleep much last night.

I woke up at five am, as I have been doing since we found out I had Cancer a few days before thanksgiving of 25.

Wanted to get my morning routine out of the way so that the hour and 20 minute trip to Springfield would be as comfortable as possible. I noticed, though, that I was very feeling pretty harsh. Kind of flu like, without the fever and without the body aches, just the pure exhaustion, but a little worse than normal.  I had noticed over the last couple days that I was getting a UTI (I've had many over my life, so I knew the symptoms, and now pretty sure what caused it). 

Anyway, I assumed I was feeling this way because of the infection.

Got there on time and got blood draw done, and went up to see the Doctor.  While there she informed me that I was not going to get chemo until next tuesday as my Platelets are dangerously too low.  It was around 58 and it has to be at least 100 in order to get chemo. All my other blood tests came back good, but this explained why I was feeling so crappy. I did have the UTI infection but it was at it's early stages and not causing fever yet so we cought it early.

So home we went to wait. Again. For another week.

The Doctor said that this is common / typical during the 4-5th treatment on chemo, so it was normal, also said that there isn't anything I did wrong, nor was there anything but TIME that could correct it. My body needed time to recoup and rebuild the platelets back up. The chemo is just killing off the blood cells and my body is slow to reproduce more/ new ones.    Research I did at home said that I could increase my b12 intake, and eat LIVER to get the platelets to reproduct faster. Well, B12 I can do. LIVER I can not.  Can not handle the texture of liver, never have been able to.

anyhow.

So that is where we are at. So close to being done with treatments, but it feels like it is still so far away. 

Last treatment is now scheduled for April 28th. That is if my platelets aren't too low and we have to put it off until May.. So cross your fingers. I want to be done.