Wrap it up! Tonight I enjoyed a much needed shower since my last one was before my surgery last Friday. I was admitted for day surgery to get a porta cath inserted in my chest for chemo treatment and later on, for hormone treatment. It was recommended for me because my blood vessels would be damaged with all the repeated needle punctures. I have 5 treatments of chemo left, and later on in the year 15 treatments of herceptin, which is a hormone therapy. The port is also used for drawing blood, which makes it easier. On Friday I get to remove my bandage to see what it looks like. Brandon calls me his robot now. I think he and one of my brothers thought I was getting an "outlet" in my body that you could open up and look in! haha.
On another note, I was down to see my oncologist today at the Dickson Center. I had to go down to review my bloodwork I had done on Sunday. My white blood cell count is too low so now I have to get an injection after each chemo treatment. This should boost the production of the cells and therefore boost my immune system a little bit to fight infection. So if you are sick do not come near me! I think I am going to turn into a crazy lady walking around in public wearing a face mask and gloves to protect myself against germs!
But other than that, the doc thought I was doing pretty well. He was surprised I haven't started losing my hair yet. I am just patiently waiting for that to start..
Well that's all for now folks. Next post maybe I will start my story from the beginning.Good night all :)
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