Had a rough few days. I thought it might be because my hemoglobin was low and had it tested today. It is low but not as bad as I was afraid it might be. It is 9.1 so I will go in tomorrow and get two units of packed red blood cells. My platelets are 22,000 and that is up from 21,000 three weeks ago. That does not sound like much to most people but to me any increase is wonderful. I am always glad when it does not go down but a slight rise is wonderful.

My white blood cell count is down to 2.1 so will give myself four shots of Neupogen. Not my favorite thing to do to give myself shots but it is better than having to go to the doctor four days in a row for them to do it. I received great instructions from the people at M. D. Anderson when I was there about giving myself a shot and there are worse things that can happen.