Treatment is right on schedule. Clancy's blood work today showed his white cell count was nearly zero. This means the chemo has destroyed the white cells and hopefully cancer cells in preparation for harvesting of new healthy stem cells this week. He will have daily blood work completed and when his white count rebounds, stem cell collection will begin.
In the meantime, he is highly susceptible to infection and must use precautions. He can't even shave! The mask has to be worn any time he is out of the clinic or his apartment. Food must be thoroughly cooked. Purel & Purex are everywhere! It's an inconvenience, but only temporaty and well worth it to get back to being healthy.
Overall, he's feeling great and is anxious to get on to the next step.
Nice photo. Maybe I should get that one for "the wall". Maybe you should get some colorful markers and decorate it?
ReplyDeleteSeriously - thinking about you, sending good vibes your direction. They are healthy vibes so don't worry about catching them.
Take care - we miss you.
Clancy, I just got Peggy's email with the blog link. I'm so sorry to hear about this. My thoughts and prayers are with you. Take care, keep fighting and take care. Hope to see you soon.
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What a journey! It seems like you are being very proactive and positive. Just as another positive, my sister had a stem cell transplant (they harvested her cells too) 10 years ago due to breast cancer that had metastacized. She is alive and doing very well today with just a few war wounds. Good luck with all of this. Life is unpredictable. Bob and Denise
ReplyDeleteWe can relate with your Blog subtitle, with Bob's cancer, ours is, "Today is today and tomorrow is tomorrow." Meaning that there is no use wasting worry. Take care and that goes for all of you patient and caregivers.
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Clancy,
ReplyDeleteWe had our Detachment 621 meeting today in Eureka...after lunch at Yongs. We missed you there, but Duane kept us entertained. I'm sure you're up to speed with business as usual up here.
Still eagerly awaiting the first snow morning. I'm on days for a while now and have my fingers crossed that the snow will hit on my shift. Ha...
Jim Williams stopped me today. Wanting to make sure you were doing alright and to see if I had any new news. He's younger than ever, but feeling sympathy pains in his ribs...he explained how he fell out of the pickup bed while loading an elk. He's pretty tough for an old coger...
I enjoyed the photos....keep enjoying the struggle of life.
Neil orange peel -
MHP 248 the great -- or is it the great 248