Monday, March 31 and Tuesday, April 1

Went into the office on Monday to get a lot of in-person stuff done since I'm going to be out of at home three days this week. Lucia had musical rehearsal, Greta had crew. Andrew and I took Farrah for a walk. Not too much to report for the day.

Today, Tuesday, I went into the office again--things are busy because we have Graduate Student Appreciation Week next week, with several big events. This is a bad time to be out of commission but there's nothing I can do about it, so I just got as much done today as I could. 

The day started off as the day before chemo always does--with blood work. My ABS neurophil (neutrophil? don't feel like checking to confirm spelling) number is low again, as it was last time, which means I have to get retested tomorrow morning to see if it's gone up. I really don't want this treatment to be delayed so let's hope it changes its mind and returns to normal tomorrow. 

Definitely dreading the ordeal tomorrow. It's like this each time. I get so used to feeling normal and then I get kicked back down for a few days and have to climb back up. I know I've had it relatively easy as far as side effects go, but it's still unpleasant to be so tired, with the bitter taste in my mouth and that radioactive feeling. But after tomorrow there will be just one more to go. 

Maybe we'll finish the final season of Lost at the same time I finish chemo. There's an essay to be written about this viewing experience, I think.