Third Chemo Behind Me

June 25th — Well, I didn’t drive to Panama after all. That might be due to the fact that Greg was driving and made sure I made it to the church on time, or the fact that I took a Xanax earlier that morning and wasn’t quite so intent on not doing another treatment. After drawing my blood for the requisite labwork, Dr. K tells me my white blood cell counts have recovered from their low of 300 last week. I’m at 6000! Unbelievable! The nurses had told me I probably wouldn’t reach my pre-chemo high of 4,500 because of the treatment. Dr. K said it’s because of my “clean living” and the fact that I’m young, strong and healthy. The chemo is still working at killing any stray cancer cells despite the fact that I still have blonde peach fuzz on my head, eyebrows and a high white blood cell count. I’m not feeling great physically, but mentally I’m in the game to win it. It’s nice when your healthy condition makes your oncologist smile.