Journal entry by Lee Perkins —
Hi all, I was all ready for yesterday’s chemo infusion, but after checking my bloodwork, the doctor and infusion nurse concluded thatmy WBC count was too low treatment. One of the chemo drugs, Irrenotecan, already has the side effect of lowering my white blood cell count, so, it would have been dangerous to do chemo yesterday. We discussed the plan for me to do 3 days of my WBC boosting shots, the ones I normally take after treatments for 5 days, and, we will check again, and hopefully treat with chemo again, next week on Wednesday.
Thanks to all who were sending out well wishes and prayers, maybe I needed a little vacation from the chemo!
Also, some great news from yesterday:
My CEA marker, which I have discussed before, it’s a measure of total cancer cells, is down to 54 now! It started at 300 before treatment, and after 3 treatments it’s dropped by 80%! Praise the Lord for His goodness, grace, and mercy! To Him goes the glory for this news!
Take care,
Lee.
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