Uggghhhhh

So much for my powering through things.  My white blood cell count was the lowest it ever has been and my platelets were also the lowest they've ever been.  They wouldn't give me the treatment today.... BUT...it has nothing to do with my activity levels, diet or anything else I can control. It's the Chemo.  Dr. McAndrew said the only way to repair the damage is to remove the Chemo. For now, I just keep doing what I am doing and let my bone marrow repair the damage that has been done.  Next week, I will go in for another blood draw and if my numbers are back up they will give me the infusion EXCEPT this time I will be going to a different infusion calculation since my body is not handling this course of treatment well enough.  Dr. McAndrew feels that I should go to the every three week infusions instead. As a result I will also benefit from being able to get the "shot" of Neulasta which I am not eligible for on the weekly infusion schedule...  Below are my blood counts. To be discussed...

			No Chemo	After Birth	First	Second	Third	“NO”	Fourth	“NO”
Name	Test	Range	9/15/2010	12/01/10	01/24/11	01/31/11	02/07/11	02/14/11	02/21/11	02/28/11
White Blood Count	WBC	4.8 - 10.8	9.1	3.5	4.0	3.8	3.7	2.9	3.0	2.2
Red Blood Count	RBC	4.20 - 5.40	3.65	3.17	3.42	3.16	3.27	3.17	3.28	3.12
Hemoglobin	HGB	12.0 - 16.0	12.0	10.9	11.4	10.6	10.8	10.6	11.2	10.6
Hematocrit	HCT	37.0 - 47.0	36.9	31.7	33.9	31.2	31.9	31.1	32.4	30.4
Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin	MCH	27.0 - 31.0	33.0	34.5	33.3	33.5	33.0	33.4	34.1	34.0
Platelets	PLT	130 - 400	238	240	178	221	238	198	142	80
Neutrophils (1.5 cut off)	NE#	2.0 - 6.9	7.2	3.1	2.68	2.53	2.31	1.44	1.63	0.84
Lymphocytes	LYM#	0.9 - 4.9	1.5	0.5	1.0	1.1	1.1	1.2	1.0	1.2