The first 3 weeks of wearing this thing took some getting use to. The first week was just an adjustment period to wearing it all the time and having to sleep with it. As the days went on it really just became something I had to deal with. After the first with I started battling a low grade fever which was just wiping my energy level out and I was sleeping around 20 hours a day to just counteract how tired I was. This week my energy level has been making its way back to normal. I’m able to workout again.
Today I also had an appointment with my Neuro-oncologist to discuss how things were going. She was happy with my platelet count which was 180. She wants blood work again on Monday. If counts are good, we will start a very low dose of chemo. She will watch my platelets very closely. If it drops too much, I will have to change chemo drugs.
Back in June 2006, the summer before my senior year of high school I started this rollercoaster ride and was diagnosed with Leukemia. Then fast forward two years of treatment with chemo and a few hip surgeries including having both my hips replaced. I still managed to graduate high school in 2007 while fighting cancer and treating. I took 2 years college tuition as my make a wish and determined right there that I was going to beat cancer and be a college graduate. But little did I know that I was going to have another fight with cancer in the form of brain tumor come May 2013. A Grade II astrocytoma to be precise. I ended up having to put college on the back burner to fight this battle and I came out on top again. Now what brings me to why I'm starting this blog. I recently managed to fulfill my dream and graduated college on May 9th 2018. Unfortunately only to find out the very next day that my tumor had come back and appeared to be a higher grade.
