Garrett had a queasy evening yesterday. He felt good most of the day, even when I got home from work, but then it snuck up on him. Chemo drugs typically affect the good digestive bacteria so eating can be unpleasant (nausea, indigestion, heartburn, constipation, etc.) so much that sometimes just the smell of food makes him feel nauseous. But today was not too bad and he said he is looking forward to some IHOP tomorrow if he feels good after hyperthermia treatment!
We plan to rest at home this weekend and check his blood counts on Monday. It will be getting near to the nadir period where blood counts can drop very low. Since Garrett’s bone marrow is already depressed, we can plan on with some certainty a blood transfusion next week or shortly after. Our chemo schedule going forward is to get one dose of Adria every other week, our doctor would like to give it once a week, but we have to get Garrett’s bone marrow making healthy blood cells for that interval to be tolerable. So we will probably alternate chemo and blood transfusions for a few months. When we can see the cancer responding, we might adjust the chemo schedule. As always, we play it by ear and adjust the schedule whenever Garrett is feeling too bad or wanting some time off. We’ve delayed treatments before to take vacations or have an extra weekend at home, so we still live as best we can!
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