Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Pit Stop and refueling



It was time to  come into the BC Cancer agency for the next round of chemo. This time in addition to the Flubaradine I am getting infused  with a an additional fuel or agent  called Rituximab.  I have discussed this drug in  my previous blog entires. Because of possible allergic reactions it could be an 8 hour day or " slow drip " as they call it.

I had a check up and blood work done yesterday. My white blood count and lymphocytes have dropped by over 50%. Also my lymph nodes or tumours have shrunk considerably. So I am tolerating chemo and the results are promising.

Turned out that I tolerated the Retux without any incident or reaction so they sped up the drip and I was done in 6 hours.   Just feeling very groggy but zero side effects. 

Tomorrow my partner and I are off for a retreat to our favourite place Yellow Point Lodge.

Stay tuned for the next leg of the race as I will blogging as I go. 


1 comment:

  1. A very courageous account that will be helpful to others.

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