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  • January 30, 2016 at 12:32 am #91362
    marions
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    Scott…..hope your appetite improves and something yummy comes to mind.
    Hugs
    Marion

    January 29, 2016 at 11:48 pm #91361
    scott-sibley
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    Everything seems to be fine now except my appetite is still lacking. The radiologist said to skip my last infuson because its too close to my PET scan on Tuesday. I’m ok with that too.

    January 28, 2016 at 2:15 am #91360
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    Scott….happy to hear that you are o.k. Living with cancer is what we aim for, but then there are incidences – such as the one you are describing – when we realize that certain precautions have to be taken. I love the fact that your chemo treatments and side effects are uneventful and you can go about your life in a normal way.
    Hugs,
    Marion

    January 27, 2016 at 3:30 pm #91359
    darla
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    Wow! You’ve had a couple of rough days, but glad things have settled down and you are beginning to get back to normal, what ever that is. ;) What ever kind of immune system you have, at least it is working for you. Guess this was just a wake up call to be a little more careful. Hope things go back to uneventful. :)

    January 27, 2016 at 2:22 pm #12129
    scott-sibley
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    No…. l’m not talking Panthers/Cardinals.

    I was supposed to do my final infusion of cycle 4 yesterday, then Monday happened. I got a call after my bloodwork on Monday that my counts were too low to get my bad medicine Tuesday, so we will check again Thursday. I was told to monitor my temp extra( something I stopped doing at all), because Im very at risk with low counts. Monday night, I get very cold then hot, temp starts rising, and then i start vomiting. I spike a fever, and to the ER I go. I got out yesterday.
    I’m feeling better now, and I might actually eat a meal. In the ER, they did blood work immediately and were amazed that my blood cell counts were back up to normal. They decided to just give me IV fluids and hold off on antibiotics. By morning, my fever was down. The Docs are starting to wonder what kind of immune system works this good while battling chemo and cancer.
    This was a good lession though, I’ll watch my temp and stay away from crowds. Its just that chemo has been so uneventful, that I stopped even thinking about it.

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