With such good news, you would think I would have blogged it sooner. It turns out, I have so much to blog about!! I've gone Bowling for Cancer, hit the Groundhog Lodge on Groundhog day, I stopped into work to give them an update. I have a lot to catch up on. But I won't bury the lead ... my numbers are great!! I started the new chemo two weeks ago. Got in one treatment, then took a week off for low blood counts. Then this week, even after missing that week of chemo, I still dropped from 3.4 to 2.7! It's so damn close to 2.0.
I feel so good when the numbers are good. It really is an emotional rollercoaster. It sets the tune for my whole week. And Marcia's too. As my designated Special Guest and Team Cooke Cheerleader, she cheers pretty loud on the good weeks. I put her to work an extra day today when my car wouldn't start and I had to go to the lab. So she rearranged her day to cart my ass all over Lancaster (had to fit a nail appointment in there too!) But maybe all that driving around helped the hCG. When Marcia heard the number, she was over the moon. Everyone was. I call my mom with the number, she's at work and can't talk. I give her the basic info and hang up. She calls back a few minutes later crying tears of joy saying she's so happy! With people like this on your side cancer has no chance!
So, here's the plan: Get bloodwork Wednesday morning next week. Hopefully the number is even better! If all the blood levels are good, I have a short chemo day. Once I get a less than 2, I have to go two more complete cycles - 6 weeks. I'm trying not to count my eggs before they hatch. Let's call it cautiously optimistic. But, my friends, I feel I'm about to kick cancer in the ass, once and for all!
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