Cycl 6 done!

Thursday went in for blood work. Technician 'stuck' me and the vein blew, so she had to do it again. Oh well, that's the way it goes sometimes. Next stop was to Dr. Grosset. When finally called, went for the weigh in. This time I was down a pound from last time (at least it wasn't another gain!), blood pressure was around 154 (I only seem to remember the top number). I didn't have caffine the night before or that morning, so can't figure out why so high, but nurse wasn't concerned. Doctor came in and looked at my labs and said they were very good! He read I had completed my 5th cycle and I said I figured I'd probably be doing 8 cycles. He smiled and said he was a '6 cycle' / 8 retux doctor. He checked my lymph nodes and listened to my lungs and was very pleased with result. Wrote on my chart the dose for this cycle, and ordered CT, and EKG as well as the next chemo cycle (retux for sure and maybe more CHOP depending on test results). I then met with the person who schedules all the stuff. So Sept. 15 I'll do the CT in the morning and EKG in early afternoon. Then Sept 18 I'll do the doctor visit and treatment. I presume I'll get test results then (EKG I'll be able to see what goes on ... CT I'm not sure if they will tell me anything).

Since I didn't get upstairs until after 11:30, treatments ended close to 5pm. When came time for the retux my blood pressure was down to 115 (guess I 'run higher' in morning). All went well. We got home around 6 when I grabbed a bite to eat (prednisone needs to be taken with food). Was tired and felt 'off' ... I wonder why??? ;) Tried to get my fluid intake going and managed to get through the evening in pretty good shape. However .... I couldn't fall asleep until 4:30 AM !!! Guess it was the taking of prednisone so late. Got up at 6:45 to take my thyroid pill, then back to sleep for a couple of hours. Actually I don't feel too bad right now, but I'll be getting my shot today at 2:10, so if all goes as usual, I'll be feeling punky late tonight and tomorrow.

Love to all