June 1, 2007

Karinna (my wonderful IPOP nurse) gave me my first Filgrastin injection today. The chemo did its job (knock on wood) of annilating the crazy white blood cells away and getting my counts down to the zero range that Dr. Brodsky wanted. This new daily injection is supposed to stimulate my bone marrow to create an immune system similar to a baby's (unaware that it used to think it was normal to attack my myelin sheath). One of the many side effects from this phase of the protocol is intense pain in the large bones of the body where a large part of bone marrow production occurs. Again, I'll take it day by day and won't be planning on skipping any doses of my pain meds.