Getting there!

September 11, 2018

Counting the red devil infusions I have had 11 chemo treatments in all and have 5 more to go! Feels amazing to know I am more than half way there. Went to chemo today and met with the Physician Assistant named Darren. He’s really nice. He said my Neutrophil count (the white blood cells that were low) went from 800 to 2,600! Such good news. I no longer have a baby immune system and turning into an adult. Yay! I still have to go to CMC and get the injections twice a week to keep my counts up. He said “eventually it’ll be nice when patients can do it from home”. I was like hold the bus “I’m a nurse and feel 100% comfortable giving myself injections.. is it possible to do that”? Even though it’s 5 mins down the road its such a pain with the kids. He was like “I don’t see why not!” So the injections just need to be approved by my insurance company and then I can just do it from home. I have never given myself an injection though 🤷‍♀️ Maybe I should’ve said I was 95% comfortable haha! Hopefully I don’t freak out and impel my liver or something LOL

I tried acupuncture for the first time tonight with my Mom! Thanks Aunt Mary for suggesting it a while ago. It was super cool.. they place small sterile needles in your arms legs and head!! Yes the head! She put them right in my dome piece lol. Once the needles were placed I didn’t really feel anything.. but THEN after 20 mins or so all of a sudden I felt a burst of energy throughout my body, like a tingling feeling and felt my body become very relaxed/heavy and kept dozing off. Excited to see if it helps with symptoms. It definitely chilled me out and I went in with a little stomach ache and left without one! Who knows. Going back Thursday night 👏

I see my girl Dr. Patel today ❤️

My hair is really coming in on my head. Looks like it will be blonde?? I’ll take a pic soon and show you guys 

yup its 3:30am (a wonderful time to reflect when you wake up with hot flashes and insomnia). Ohhhhh chemo life! lol 😆 

Love each and everyone of you. The fact my family and friends take time out of their day to read this blog and keep up with my journey means the world to me. I don’t write back to comments because it looks like you guys can’t see them but do know I read every single one of them and they bring me so much joy/happiness!

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