Ferdousi: Second Chemo

Today, I went to get my second chemotherapy. I was ready as I had a great weekend and had spend time trying to gain some weight. I spend lot of time tracking what I ate and made sure that I was getting at least 1270 calories per day.

My sister, Selina, took me to the doctor. The first thing we did was get my weight checked, and then blood drawn. They connected to my new port to draw the blood. It was the most painful experience. The nurse did not get it quite right and had to jam it in further. The pain was unbearable.

Next, we were taken to see Dr. Leach to talk about the blood results. He informed us that I could not get my chemo today, because my white blood cell counts were too low. This was rather disappointing news.

He gave me a booster shot to help increase the white blood cell counts and reschedule the session.

I should have sense something was wrong as on Monday, I was not feeling well and then I could not keep down any food prior to the chemo session today. When they weighed me, I had actually lost 4 pounds.

Well, let's see what happens on Friday. Hope we can complete the second session and move forward with some success.

I want to thank everyone that have been very supportive via phone, e-mail, text, facebook, and coming to help me in person.

I had an awesome sister weekend! Thanks Nadia and Selina. You guys made my weekend.

Love you all!