Further bad news but there’s a silver lining too.
Looks like I will have to miss coming Monday’s Chemotherapy as I am coming down with flu. 2 weeks ago, Josie was having a cough but fortunately I did not catch that bug but this time around, it can’t be helped, I picked up the flu from my mom who started having the flu a few days ago.
My flu symptom is not severe but I guess this is probably because I had the flu vaccination before I started my chemotherapy. Flu vaccination does not protect again new strains of flu or all flu strains but cover most of the common flu stains. Should have taken Pneumococcal vaccination as well but forgot about it.
For those that do not vaccinate yourself against the flu, I strongly suggest that you do. It will save you a lot of hassle by preventing flu or reduce the severity of the flu symptom if you do catch one. Most GP would be able to provide flu vaccination but if you have the time, go to any of the travel and vaccination clinic in TTSH, NUH or SGH. I personally will recommend TTSH as they are most experienced, with nurses who will counsel you before giving the vaccine and if you have any other vaccinations need, TTSH’s Traveler’s Health and Vaccination Clinic stocked the most comprehensive vaccines for adults.
The good news is that the platelet count is probably on the upswing as I can notice that the bleeding from the needle stick is stopping relatively faster but the blood is still a “running” so the platelet count is still not as high. The cut I had on my gum did not develop into an ulcer. My nose bleed is healing again but I am sneezing quite a bit from the flu and I hope the nose don’t bleed again.
If I miss the coming Monday’s chemotherapy, it will be 2 weeks that I had miss cycle 6. I hope this will not give the cancer the chance to “re-grow”
That’s all for now and I will be posting some thoughts soon, just need to collect my thoughts and organise the information.
Cheers and In God I Trust.
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