It's illegal to drive and text at the same time, Duh! Soon it will be illegal to drive and use a hand-held cell phone. So as my dog, Wiki, comforted me on the way to our appointments, I couldn't help taking a picture of her with my cell phone, while I'm driving. She was just too cute. A bit risky as I was driving 70 miles an hour down I-90, but I checked quickly to make sure no cops were around.
Monday, March 3 begins Round 3 of chemotherapy. When I finish up on Wednesday, I will be halfway through chemo. Most of my blood counts have been behaving the right way, except for my last remaining bastion of my immune system, a category of white blood cells called neutrophils. My counts in my neutrophils have dropped below normal putting me into mild neutropenia (low neutrophils). If they don't recover by Monday and have dropped too much further, my chemo will have to be delayed a week. I don't like the sound of that, but then having chemo without an immune system isn't a smart thing to do.
My sister, Inga, will be coming in from Texas to help out. She got it easy on Round 1, which was supposed to be the hardest. Well, since Round 2 hit me like a sledgehammer, I have to admit I'm not really looking forward to treatment. Yes, that was a severe understatement.
I have managed to do a few runs the last couple of weeks. My "long" day was 43 minutes. It did feel long. I have been sticking to around 30 minutes, which seems to be about all I can handle. Maybe as my tumor load continues to decrease and my bone marrow continues to clear of cancer, I'll start to have more energy. Oh yeah, and maybe when I finish chemo at the end of May.
I saw a bunch of friends, familiar and new faces at a massive Team in Training practice this morning. All the hugs, smiles, and catching-up did my heart good! Just what I needed heading into next week.
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