Pausing Chemo Again
Chemotherapy 2 Comments »Happy Father’s Day to all of the father’s out there. I will be picking up the phone to talk to my dad a bit later but am not feeling so well today unfortunately. I have ended up with a nasty cold again – nonstop cough, congestion, heavy fatigue and it came on just as I was starting round 9 of chemo on Wednesday night. I continued chemo until yesterday and each day the cold got progressively worse so I made the decision to pull the plug until Monday so I can speak to my neuro-oncologist. I have more than enough experience with this to know that if I keep going, I can’t ward it off. Chemo drops your white cell count – a harsh cold just won’t improve – your body can’t fight it off most times.
Of course the major concern whenever this happens is developing an infection, mainly Pneumocystis carinii which is why I take an antibiotic M, T, F indefinitely. I am nowhere near having this condition but it’s something that anyone who takes Temodar should be aware of.
So, I decided to skip church this morning and get some rest so I can go to my in-laws with my wife and kids to enjoy father’s day which is always a lot of fun. My son Aidan made some homemade cards which are always nice! So, I want to be there for that and that will be great! Tonight the LA Lakers, my team from the age of 7 are playing the dreaded Celtics, albeit down 3-1 so I will take that in and of course Tiger is on an amazing run at the US Open – who doesn’t love this stuff!!
I will talk to my neuro-oncologist tomorrow and regroup.
Happy Father’s day to all of you father’s out there. Every day is a blessing!
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