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Week 9 chemo complete: Keep moving
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Week 9 complete: Moving forward
Chemo has knocked me down, but hasn’t stopped me from living my life. My daily struggles with an incurable cancer only push me harder to achieve maximum treatment response, with minimal side effects. My journey with multiple myeloma continues, slowly and steadily.
I’m not giving up. I’m not looking back. I’m moving forward.
On Sunday I completed Cycle 3 Week 1. Last week I had a Complete Blood Count (blood test) that measured my overall health while on chemo treatment. The results looked good (see normal range in brackets). The hemoglobin (red blood cells) is continually below normal because I have anemia.
White Blood Cells 7.6 (4 - 11)
Hemoglobin 113 (135-170)
Platelet count 357 (150-400)
Neutrophils 3.9 (2.0-8.0)
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To recap: I have multiple myeloma and anemia, a rare cancer of the blood plasma. It is treatable, but incurable. On Apr 6th I began my third 28 day treatment cycle, 21 days on (Pomalyst chemo pill), then 7 days off. I take an oral steroid (dexamethasone) every Monday.
Week 9 chemo complete: Keep moving
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(CC) Phillip Jeffrey. www.fadetoplay.com. Feel free to use this photo. I request that you link back to the original picture on Flickr and credit as shown above.
Week 9 complete: Moving forward
Chemo has knocked me down, but hasn’t stopped me from living my life. My daily struggles with an incurable cancer only push me harder to achieve maximum treatment response, with minimal side effects. My journey with multiple myeloma continues, slowly and steadily.
I’m not giving up. I’m not looking back. I’m moving forward.
On Sunday I completed Cycle 3 Week 1. Last week I had a Complete Blood Count (blood test) that measured my overall health while on chemo treatment. The results looked good (see normal range in brackets). The hemoglobin (red blood cells) is continually below normal because I have anemia.
White Blood Cells 7.6 (4 - 11)
Hemoglobin 113 (135-170)
Platelet count 357 (150-400)
Neutrophils 3.9 (2.0-8.0)
.
To recap: I have multiple myeloma and anemia, a rare cancer of the blood plasma. It is treatable, but incurable. On Apr 6th I began my third 28 day treatment cycle, 21 days on (Pomalyst chemo pill), then 7 days off. I take an oral steroid (dexamethasone) every Monday.