No Chemo for You

I'm not sure how many people have watched the Seinfeld episodes with the 'soup nazi' who would adamantly say 'no soup for you!'.but today I was told by a very nice 'chemo nazi' that it wasn't safe to go ahead with chemo tomorrow due to my low neutrophil count so 'no chemo for you!'.

I am of two minds about this. I am happy to have a reprieve, however I had psyched myself up all weekend to get it and so it was a bit of a let-down to get the news. Everybody was also asking lots of extra questions and looking for the minutest signs of any infection, which is a little unnerving in itself.

I will have labwork again next Monday and if that is good, they will proceed  with chemo on Tuesday. This means that on the plus side, I will have several days this week to enjoy that I had kind of written off  as going to be post chemo non-productive days. I will feel better than I thought I would for the Race for the Cure and celebrating Thanksgiving early with family.

On the negative side is that I will only be four days post chemo when we fly out to Vancouver Island and I will have just had a shot on Friday that boosts the white blood cell count but in the process can cause severe bone pain.

I will take one day at a time and not borrow trouble, it will all work out and maybe Rod will have to wheel me around the tourist spots, if so, I will definitely need a seatbelt.


Take care everyone.