The chemotherapy session today was uneventful and went ahead smoothly. Have some good news and some not so good news.
The good news is that based on the lab result, my liver function is back to normal. Praise God.
The not so good news is that platelet count is marginally low at 93. It was 82 last week. Therefore the chemotherapy session when ahead at 75% dose compared to the previous session. The red blood cell, haemoglobin and leucocytes count are marginally low. These reading will also need to be monitored and if red blood cell and haemoglobin count drop below desirable level for chemotherapy, I will have take booster jab like those taken illegally by professional cyclist to boost their performance.
The side-effects kicked in near the end of the chemotherapy session. Not so bad and tahan-able. Slept aboout an hour plus during the therapy session and gained some much needed sleep.
The nose started bleeding again but minor ones, not as bad as one week ago, probably because the scab came off this morning.
Josie was again with me the whole day, her 4th sister dropped us at the hospital and the youngest brother picked us up in the afternoon and going back on Friday to remove the pump. This time round, Josie had no one to accompany her but she entertained herself with Korean drama on her iPhone (just for info, I am an Android person).
Thankful that the therapy proceeded as planned today as now the CT scan can proceed next week. Also thankful that the liver function test result is now in the normal range. The remaining readings that are below normal range is expected and so the chemo-drug dosage was modulated to take the readings into consideration.
All is well and in God’s hand and in Him I trust.
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