Wednesday 19 August – 4th Chemo session. Arrived in good time and convinced the path lab to get the senior Phlebotomist to take the bloods. No problems this time.
Everything goes well and as a bonus I don’t have to have the steroid injection so no feeling as though I am sitting on a hedgehog!
As a new twist I have to have an injection of another drug at my local GP surgery 24 hours after the chemo to boost my white blood count. Apparently this is normal, not anything particular to me. So I am given a hypo to take home and keep in the fridge overnight.
BUT THE BIG NEWS IS….. we finally have the result of the HER2 test and it is negative so I don’t have to have another year’s worth of 3 weekly infusions. This is fantastic news for me from a logistical point of view and for getting back to normal.
I confirm with Dr S that we can start radiotherapy in November when I am back from a scheduled long weekend break in Venice with a friend and that I will start Hormone therapy in the form of Arimidex a couple of weeks after chemo finishes.
I am starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel.
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