8th Treatment… Fail

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Today was to be my 8th Treatment.

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I went to the hospital early as usual and soon was in my favorite Infusion Chair.  My nurse quickly had a needle in my port and blood was drawn for the normal test to see if you’re able to take Chemo.

I am feeling great these days and thought that the people who I had seen sent away were just too frail to continue.  Turns out that’s not always the case.  I honestly feel great, but my bloodwork came back with low platelets.

Chemo destroys cells that grow rapidly.  It’s great for Tumors, but not so much for bone marrow (which produces the platelets).  I went back and looked and my platelets have been coming down with each treatment.  The concern with low platelets is that your blood won’t clot.  If you were in an accident, you could easily bleed to death.

All of this sounds bad, but the solution is just to give my body another week to recover.  The nurse felt assured my platelets would rise in a weeks time.

What that means for me?  For months, I couldn’t enjoy a cold drink or ice cream until my second weekend after Chemo.  I ate ice cream last night in anticipation of losing that ability the next day.  So it means I can enjoy cold stuff for another week!

Hey my poison friend, see you next week.  And here’s to the Bluebell I bought on the way home 🙂

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Published by Tim Ard

Cancer Patient, Computer Geek, Photographer, House Builder, all around lover of life :) Edited by his daughter Ashley Wilson: Tim passed on Saturday, Sept 14th after battling pancreatic cancer since October 2018. Tim was loved by so many and will forever remembered as an amazing father, husband, brother, son, friend, photographer, and the list goes on. Remember Tim with the smile that he shared with us. We love you Dad!

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