On Friday afternoon I went over to the hospital for my afternoon observations and I asked the doctor about something she mentioned in the morning. She'd told me that there were traces of my neutrifls but they had to count them manually. In the afternoon I asked her if there was any more news concerning the neutrifls. She went off to speak to the consultant and came back telling me that they'd gone up to 3.5 and that after a platlet transfusion I could go home! This was very bizarre! I was on day 16/28 of my second cycle of chemo and I hadn't had any infections, fevers or mouth ulcers! My consultant said that it was too early for my neutrifils to go up!
I was pretty pleased about this news and tomorrow I need to go to Colchester for a blood test to see how my levels are doing. They (the doctors) think it's likely that my counts will have dropped over the weekend but if they haven't I can continue to stay at home until my bone marrow biopsy is due.
So, I'm doing OK at the moment but am having difficulty getting to sleep. It could well be a side effect of the chemo but it's leaving me feeling shattered!
Just hoping and praying that the blood test is good tomorrow so I can go sailing during the week!
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