My neutrophil count is zero again. What can I say? The doc said that there's a margin of error in counting, and when the norm is 1500-7000, 70 doesn't seem like a lot. I e-mailed my medical oncologist tonight, and he'll be coming by tomorrow morning to answer my questions. He said I should still be able to have chemo next Wed. as scheduled. I was suspecting that the radiation may be affecting the counts, but I know that in reality the radiation is to a small area. I just wonder about the breast bone...
So I spent my day on the internet. I also went down to the first floor where there was more traffic to get the parking tickets. I was moving fairly quickly with my iv pole into the elevator when the pole rammed into the back of the elevator. whoops! Didn't take in the swing factor. It's like having the largest bracelet ever!
As I was going around the hospital, people kept on telling me how healthy I looked even with the mask on. Seriously, I believe I am the healthiest person checked in on this floor. It's just that I need to have the zosyn antibiotic given to me every 4 hours. The swelling around my wisdom tooth is down.
Jeannie and her mom came to visit me and Sam tonight. They drove all the way up from DC after work to take a look around and drop off some Korean dramas--the new agenda for tomorrow =>. Also, Megan from lab stopped by and gave me a Case Studies in Immunology book to read. I found the section on someone with non-functional neutrophils, a condition called chronic granulomatous disease (CGD). Basically, he had severe fungal and bacterial infection in his lungs and was given interferon-gamma, although the mechanism by which interferon-gamma works is not known. Jeannie, Ms. Smartypants, Ok Dr. Smartypants, named the condition before I finished saying non-functional neutrophils. I'm just too impressed. =>
I talked with Jenny An, and we were talking about heart arrythmias. She's been having them and was recommended to go see a doc right away. I actually started having them this year, but maybe once every few weeks. They are short and slightly take your breath away. I was told by my docs not to worry about it--that as you get older, it's more common. There was one nurse though who told me that I wasn't the first breast cancer patient to mention having heart arrythmia before being diagnosed. I just keep it in mind.
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kyunghee, i'm glad you touched based with eunnie. she's been having trouble posting comments, and was consequently stressing about not being able to respond to your blog updates, even though she's been keeping up with it.
why are you concerned with the breast bone?
Well, I read that the breast bone can also produce white blood cells, and the surgical site that's being irradiated is right next to it. So I was wondering how much of me breast bone was being irradiated. I talked with Dr. RadOnc today, and he said that the blood cells are mostly made in your hips and spine so the radiation shouldn't be affected my white counts.
Jenny, you should make sure Jenny went to the doc today! She's not the only one with problems posting. I'm not sure what's wrong, but as long as you get to know what's going on, it's OK.
I meant so my white counts shouldn't be affected by the radiation treatment. I think I should take a nap. =>
Has there been any confirmation as to why your neutrophil count is low? Hopefully we'll see you tonight, Kyung. I hope you ate all the miyukguuk.
I have no idea what you're talking about. All this scientific medical jargon is lost on me. I did notice that you are upbeat and that makes me happy. I think about you every single day and pray for you. Michelle and I would like to come see you....hopefully before she pops, she's ready. Please let me know when you're up for some visitors. By the way, I've never blogged before and I'm not much for reading blogs, so pardon my complete technical inability to figure this darn thing out in a night. I promise to get better soon. :)
Hey Melissa, This is my first blog so I'm trying to figure it out,too. I would like to meet up with you and Michelle soon. Maybe Sunday? We'll see how my counts are.
Any day you're up for it, we'll always be up for it.
We'll obviously head out your way. I miss you and think about you every moment of the day :)
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