Monday was a big day.
Got up timely to go to appointment for first chemo treatment.
Was a bit wobbly for a variety of reasons and managed to smack my forehead with my bathroom vanity mirror.
Sadly this isn’t a very unusual experience for me BUT was very surprised after my shower to discover a LARGE lump on my forehead.
So I showed up for treatment with a big ol’ lump that was slowly starting to bruise.
Did blood draw and then sat down with Dr. L so he could sign off on starting treatment.
He was so kind but I felt like I’d made him sad with my clumsiness.
Turns out my platelets are down to 29 and bashing yourself on the head when your platelets are at 29 is a problem.
Anyhoo I did get to start treatment so I got my shot, took my first chemo pill, added another 2x/day pill to the one I started over the weekend and things are underway.
Spent the rest of the day essentially napping with Lenny and occasionally icing my forehead lump.
NOTE: I am aware that I’m starting at the beginning of something but it isn’t the beginning of the larger event. This whole website thing is very outside my abilities so it will take me a bit to get everything figured out. Will work on filling in some bits that happened prior to today as time goes on and I get better at this website thing. I have big dreams of having a Q&A section…will see if I get there. For now this will serve for regular updates for anyone who wants to know how things are going.
Leave a Reply