Week of October 11, 2010

On Monday the visiting nurse came to the house to replace the needle and chemo cartridge for the 5fu 24/7 treatment. This was the beginning of week 3 of the 3 week schedule.
The nurse also had blood drawn for testing.

I received a call from the head oncology nurse at Hershey Cancer Institute around 4:30 PM informing me that my white blood cells were too low to receive chemo and she would arrange for someone to come to the house and remove the chemo and needle.
Nobody contacted me after that, so I called the nurse at Hershey and left a message.
She called back around 8:15 AM and was shocked that I was still receiving chemo.
Around 9:30 AM the visiting nurse arrived and removed the pump (box) that was attached for the last two weeks.

I had an appointment with Dr Jiang on Wednesday at 3:00 PM.
She decided to give me a break for a few weeks and I go back to see her on November 5th.
She scheduled me for the standard in hospital treatment on Nov 8th.
Good news to me is that she is considering not putting me back on the 24/7 pump.

Thanks to ALL for thoughts and prayers!

Hershey Cancer Institute 9/27/10

Nothing too much to say. I did have the chemo treatment and I am attached to the pump until 10.18.10. I will then get a week off and get another treatment and be reattached for 3 weeks.

The treatment is the original "cocktail" that I started with last year. It did give me hiccups for 2 days, which is murder.

I see the Dr on the 13th for further words of wisdom.

THANKS to ALL