I was able to get chemo yesterday. All my blood count numbers were up except the white blood count. They still gave me chemo, but today I had to go in to get a shot of Neulasta. Neulasta helps your white blood cells increase. The only problem with this medicine is it works on your bone marrow so your large bones (legs especially) may have pain. I remember getting this in 2007 and my legs ached a lot. I'll get through this too. I have a CT scan scheduled for the 8th of March. So everyone cross your fingers that the cancer is reducing and NO MORE NEW LESIONS.

I went in Thursday to get another round of chemo, but alas, it was not to be. My blood count numbers were too low. For instance, my platelets the end of December was 360. Each time they took blood, the number went down. This time it was only 36. They want it to be over 100 before getting chemo. All my other numbers were low as well, so no chemo. I was wondering why I felt so week, light headed, and just an all around feeling ill. They scheduled me to have chemo next Thursday, the 18th (happy birthday Wayne). All will depend on if my blood work comes back ok. I asked what the remedy would be to get my numbers up, and they said just time. If my hematocrit is low again next week, then they can give me blood. Hopefully that won't be necessary.

I asked Dr. Litton how many treatments I will have of this drug (carboplatin). He said the protocol is 6 and hopefully that will stop the cancer from growing and I'll be in remission. That's what we are all hoping and praying for.