Wohoo - Last Chemo Treatment

Friday, January 23rd was my last chemo session. I am now going to be receiving infusions of herceptin every 3 weeks, but only need to see the doctor once every 3rd session.

My blood numbers for any who is interested are:

LKC (white) Jan. 23 -6.7 Dec. 30 - 6.6 Dec 5 - 6.8 Nov 13 - 4.8 Oct. 23 -5.7 October 2-6.0 Sept 11-5.5

ERC (red) Jan. 23 -4.13 Dec. 30 -4.09 Dec 5 -4.04 Nov 13 - 3.92 Oct. 23-4.44 October 2-4.51 Sept 11-4.60

HB (hemoglobin) Jan. 23 -113 Dec. 30 - 113 Dec 5 - 113 Nov 13 - 110 Oct. 23-123 October 2-123 Sept 11-128

PLT (platelets)Jan. 23 -300 Dec. 30 - 292 Dec 5 - 333 Nov 13 -326 Oct. 23-320 October 2-259 Sept 11-272

Neut# Jan. 23 -5.0 Dec. 30 -5.0 Dec 5 - x Nov 13 -x Oct. 23-3.9 October 2-4.4 Sept 11-3.6


Imagine my surprise when the door at chemo opened and Nurse Crackett stood there, calling my name. She was pleasant and very informative. I was amazed - of course, she did not get the chance to fill me fun of holes as my port had been accessed the day before. Anyway, she was just covering another nurse's break, and I did not see a lot of her.

Tomorrow, the 27th (Tuesday)is my radiation planning session.

~Inez

Cold!!!...and SNOW

It has been so cold for the past week, daily highs of -17C. And now it is snowing. It started last night around supper time and it is still snowing. It looks like it is about 6' deep and forecast is for snow for the rest of today and tomorrow, and Wednesday.

Is it ever going to stop?

~Inez

Mandy is Cancer Free

Just a quick update, but Mandy saw her surgeon today, and he informed us that all of her lymph nodes were negative, there was no cancer in them, so she is clear. He said her chances of recurrence were 1 to 3%. She will require increased scanning and followup for the next couple of years, but we are so relieved.

As to my genetic followup, I do not have any abnormalities in the BRAC 1 or 2 genes, I will require some more close screening, because of the familiar cluster, but this is good news and I am so relieved. Now I do not have decide if I want to have double mastectomy because it is not even on the table at this point. Yeah!

~Inez

cleaning up

Literally, and figuratively...John came over and helped us fell the remains of the fallen trees and get them out of the driveway. Thanks for your help John.

While the boys were working, I fell coming out of the old shed and cut my knee on the ice, about an inch slit. In addition, I have a huge bruise.

New Year's Eve was early to bed, as the power went out at 5:30 and did not come back on until after 1:30 am, and it was too cold to get the generator started. We need to find an electric start or 12 volt heat system to warm it up.

Yesterday seems to be my joint pain day, although it is still rough this morning. I also experienced nausea yesterday and today, but no vomiting - yeah!

Ed (at the cottage) is doing better, and should be home by Sunday.

I will post pictures tomorrow hopefully, as dial up is no fun with jpeg files.

~Inez