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Posted 2018-05-19T22:49:16Z

May 19th, 2018

On May 3rd I went back into the hospital to start round 3 of chemo therapy.  By May 8 I received my last dose. Everything went well and I was doing stuff around the house as I have been.  Per normal, over the next 5 days my platelets, white & red blood cells dropped to zero.  So by May 13th I was in the danger zone where I have no immune system for the next 10 days.  If we walk to coffee for some exercise, I wait out side and let Karen go in and face the masses.[...]

Posted 2018-05-02T18:22:45Z

May 2nd, 2018

Not much to report so I have been slacking on my posts.  I managed to make it thru the last cycle without getting a fever like I did in round #1.  That was very good news because it saved me spending a week in the hospital getting antibiotics.  I think I learned things in round #1 that help me not get a fever / infection.  I was supposed to go back into the hospital to start round #3 last Wednesday, but my numbers did not come up as fast as they did last month.  It has taken about one week longer to be high enough to start the next round, which starts tomorrow.  Maybe this means my old bones are tired of getting beat up.[...]