Feeling Good

After my 10 hour first day I felt good this morning. The sun was shining and I went out and mowed the lawn! Right now I'm sitting in the infusion chair finishing my second and last drug for the day. Just an F/C day today. Fludara and Cytoxan. This is the stuff that kills the white blood cells. I had some yesterday too. The drug I received yesterday in conjunction with these (Retuxan) helps these two drugs home in on the cancerous cells by attaching to a protein (CD20) on their surfaces. Pretty cool science! The only problem is that the F/C also lower some of your other blood cells. Therefore there is a need to monitor/test my blood weekly from start to finish for the 6 months of treatment. If counts go down, then they give me a blood cell growth stimulant. You have to maintain some semblance of an immune system, cellular respiration system and clotting system! Even so, I'm on an antiviral and antibiotic just in case. I believe I'll take those until the end of all the cycles also. So that's my story and I'm sticking with it! Until tomorrow......