I found it sort of strange that I was possibly going to need someone else’s blood so close to Halloween, but it turns out that I will not. My red blood cell count has gone up just enough to at least postpone a transfusion. However, as I continue in my chemo regimen, my red blood cell count has slowly been trending downward, despite the red blood cell booster shot I get every week. It is most likely only a matter of time before I will need a transfusion.
Today I also had a second PET scan. I will not discuss the results of this scan until Wednesday with my oncologist. I am looking forward to this visit, because it will essentially show how effective the chemo has been at killing the cancer cells in my lymph nodes. I hope to see some images of the scan myself, and if possible, take some home with me. If they let me, I will bring the images home and include it in a future post. I would like to show both this most recent PET scan as well as the original before any chemo.
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