Sunday, October 2, 2011
Dr. Netaji, Tumor Warrior
I finished my first round of chemo and am very happy to have a week off to recuperate and let my "good" cells rejuvenate. When I first spoke to my doctor about the chemo plan he had in mind, he told me that it would make me very sick and that I could possibly end up in the hospital because of low white blood counts. Well, it made me nervous, but I agreed to the treatment and told myself that the doctor just had to tell me the "worst case scenario" and that, of course, it couldn't be that bad. He told me that he was very excited about this plan because he thought that after two rounds we could completely eliminate the bad tumor.
Chemo started on September 19 with 2 different kinds of chemo dripped into me through an IV. He sent me home with chemo number three in a pump, that dispensed the chemo for 4 days in the comfort of my own home. We named the pump "Ahnold". Somebody at the doctor's office named his Chemo Sabe, but I think Ahnold is more appropriate in this case.
Ahnold was removed on September 23 and I felt very poorly the entire weekend after this. I went to the doctor on Monday to check my blood counts and my white blood cells were so low as to almost not be there at all. Doctor gave me a shot of Nupregen, which stimulates the bone marrow into making more white blood cells and was told to come back to his office every day for another shot. I was allowed to stay home as long as my temperature did not get up to 100.5.
Tuesday night I developed a fever and was ordered to the hospital. I stayed there until Friday, where they took care of me until my white blood counts returned to normal.
As I was recuperating in the hospital, Dr. Netaji saw me at least two times every day. As he saw that I was getting better, he said "I think I will keep the chemo plan for round two the same. You can handle it; it is not so bad, right?"
Dr. Netaji, Tumor Warrier, is very excited to get rid of this thing. He hopes to talk Dr. Chen into scaling back his radiation plans if he can show he eliminated the tumor.
Meanwhile, my appetite has returned and I am eating and fattening up for the next round.
I will try to post more this week before Ahnold goes after me again with his big guns.
Chemo started on September 19 with 2 different kinds of chemo dripped into me through an IV. He sent me home with chemo number three in a pump, that dispensed the chemo for 4 days in the comfort of my own home. We named the pump "Ahnold". Somebody at the doctor's office named his Chemo Sabe, but I think Ahnold is more appropriate in this case.
Ahnold was removed on September 23 and I felt very poorly the entire weekend after this. I went to the doctor on Monday to check my blood counts and my white blood cells were so low as to almost not be there at all. Doctor gave me a shot of Nupregen, which stimulates the bone marrow into making more white blood cells and was told to come back to his office every day for another shot. I was allowed to stay home as long as my temperature did not get up to 100.5.
Tuesday night I developed a fever and was ordered to the hospital. I stayed there until Friday, where they took care of me until my white blood counts returned to normal.
As I was recuperating in the hospital, Dr. Netaji saw me at least two times every day. As he saw that I was getting better, he said "I think I will keep the chemo plan for round two the same. You can handle it; it is not so bad, right?"
Dr. Netaji, Tumor Warrier, is very excited to get rid of this thing. He hopes to talk Dr. Chen into scaling back his radiation plans if he can show he eliminated the tumor.
Meanwhile, my appetite has returned and I am eating and fattening up for the next round.
I will try to post more this week before Ahnold goes after me again with his big guns.
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