Chemo 14

Today was very draining. I had to wait an hour before they even called me back. Then they did my blood and while we were waiting on that, we listened to the poor family in the room next to us decide to stop treatment on their wife/sister (the husband and sister were the ones deciding). She had a brain tumor that was not getting better. And she was very unresponsive and out of it. So, so sad. And depressing. 

Then we got my blood results and they were not great. My white blood count was ok, red blood count was low as usual, the platelets were way down, and my hemoglobin was very low for the first time. So that puts me in the severe anemic range. And that has scored me a blood transfusion tomorrow. I'm nervous about it. I told the nurse "I only have 3 more of these chemo's. Do I really need blood?" But they all agreed that I do. So I get to go back tomorrow for a 4-5 hour long blood transfusion. Let's hope this blood comes from someone healthy and awesome. I am type A+ (of course I'm A+ - I'm practically perfect!) ;-) so I hope this person is as cool as me. 

Last Friday I saw a second surgeon and was not crazy about her or her plan. It was fine, just not exactly what I wanted.  So I'm going back to surgeon number 1 this week to get more info on her plan. Then I will decide. 

I saw a radiation oncologist today and really, really liked him. I saw him on recommendation of the surgeons. And he told me he has sent his own close friend to my surgeon number 1 for breast surgery and that she does a great job and is what he considers one of the best. That was a good recommendation and made me feel better about her. 

I haven't asked my oncologist about a radiation oncologist, but she may have one she wants me to see too. 

So I have a transfusion tomorrow, a surgeon visit on Thursday, and rest in between. I'm staying away from school this week to try to keep my counts up, stay well, and rest. 

Busy day.