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*7/16 Update* Little Platelets, Happy Again. 7/12/10 - Cheer Up, Platelets!
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7/16/10 Just got the call that my little platelets have cheered up - they're above 100,000 - so chemo on Monday 7/19. Seriously mixed emotions - the chemo is for my own good & seems to help, but I f*king hate it. Actually the chemo itself isn't bad, once they get the IV in, it's the following week of after-effects. Time to start the Ativan again to subdue the anxiety.
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7/12/10 My legs look like they're covered with flea bites or a rash, but they don't itch or sting. It's just another fun side effect, besides the hair thinning and numb finger tips & toes, called petechiae (pa-TEE-kee-eye).
PETECHIAE: Small red spots on the skin caused by the breakage of small blood vessels (capillaries) beneath the skin.... With lung cancer, petechiae may be a sign of a low platelet count (thrombocytopenia) due to chemotherapy
From: lungcancer.about.com
That's the low platelets that put off my next chemo till maybe next week, if my platelets cheer up. (Cheer up, because they’re low, get it?)
*7/16 Update* Little Platelets, Happy Again. 7/12/10 - Cheer Up, Platelets!
(View All Sizes)
7/16/10 Just got the call that my little platelets have cheered up - they're above 100,000 - so chemo on Monday 7/19. Seriously mixed emotions - the chemo is for my own good & seems to help, but I f*king hate it. Actually the chemo itself isn't bad, once they get the IV in, it's the following week of after-effects. Time to start the Ativan again to subdue the anxiety.
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7/12/10 My legs look like they're covered with flea bites or a rash, but they don't itch or sting. It's just another fun side effect, besides the hair thinning and numb finger tips & toes, called petechiae (pa-TEE-kee-eye).
PETECHIAE: Small red spots on the skin caused by the breakage of small blood vessels (capillaries) beneath the skin.... With lung cancer, petechiae may be a sign of a low platelet count (thrombocytopenia) due to chemotherapy
From: lungcancer.about.com
That's the low platelets that put off my next chemo till maybe next week, if my platelets cheer up. (Cheer up, because they’re low, get it?)