Hi Everyone--
I haven't been feeling great and need some prayers. My red blood cell count and platelets took a dive, so I wasn't able to have chemo this week as planned. I had two transfusions Tues/Wed (2 units of blood and 1 unit of platelets). I also had two shots to help my body make more platelets. After the transfusion and the first shot, they only went up from 30,000 to 53,000 (still too low for chemo). I had a second shot today. The shot makes me short of breath.
On top of that I'm trying to start radiation for a spot that is on my diaphragm and causing some breathing issues and a ton of pain. We thought it was on my spine, but the radiation oncologist is saying it's on the diaphragm. Very confusing. Anyway, I've had extreme pain and very little sleep since December, and they can't even start my radiation until July 5th. After that it will take at least a month to start helping my pain, but they do think they can eventually get rid of it. I'm just feeling low right now--low energy and needing the support of your thoughts and prayers. I need those platelets back up so I can have treatment, especially since you'll remember my last scan showed a little progression. Thanks so much, in advance.