5 Down and 1 To Go

Well I made it through another treatment. It was kinda iffy with the White blood cell count. It is supposed to be a minimum of 3. Mine was a 2.6 today BUT the growing white cells number was good so they decided to go ahead. So I seem to hovering around the 2-3 number lately. Just means I always have to be careful not to be around sick people. Not much longer!!!!

My visit with the Doctor went well. My C-125 number that is supposed to be between 0-35 was a 25. This was a number gotten from a test on my 4th treatment visit. So I am now is the normal range. I also found out about follow-up. It goes something like this: Visit Dr: every 2 months for 6 months, every 3 months for 6 months or 2 years (can't remember what he said as he went through it very quickly) and then every 6 months (I think) until I turn "104". Once that happens he said they would turn me loose. So looks like I've found a new best friend.

Only one needle stick today plus the one to draw blood. YEAH!!

I got a new I-Pod Touch for Christmas so I listened to a montage of music today so I didn't have to hear all of the "my situation" stories for 5 hours. My montage consisted of: Enya, Il Divo, and Eurythmics.

Since I had to take drugs last night at midnight and again at 6 a.m. I didn't sleep very well. I tried to take a nap at therapy when they gave me the Benadryl but that wasn't happening either. So after I got home and took Paxton for a walk I layed on the couch and I was out at 4:30 and woke up at 6:00. We'll see if I'm able to go to sleep tonight.

Have a great rest of the week. Oh by the way, I'm getting a new car on Saturday; 2010 Volvo C70 convertible, bright red.