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Posted 2018-04-11T22:15:06Z

April 11th, 2018

My last post was on April 3rd and I had just finished my second round of consolidation chemo.  It is now 8 days later and the chemo has done its job.  My immune system (white blood cells) are at zero and my red blood cells and platelets have dropped as well.  When they drop too low I have to go in and get an infusion of red blood cells and platelets which is exactly where I am at this moment.[...]

Posted 2018-04-04T03:20:40Z

April 3rd, 2018

I just finished round two of consodation chemo.  Got six doses of chemo over the past five days and now I get a few weeks to recover before starting round three.  The idea with this consolidation process is if there are any cancer cells hiding somewhere the additional chemo will kill it off.  The medical community has 20 years of data that says this works so I will stay the course.[...]