SO glad I didn't opt for the blood transfusion OR
the procrit. After my last chemo my reds bottomed out at 8.1 when I was hospitalized. They wanted a transfusion, but I didnt't and they said that if it goes below 8.0 I would have no choice. When I was released from the hospital, my onc nurse was going to give me procrit, but after testing me found that my counts were back up to 12 (I SHOVED as much liver as I could muster) and she said there was no longer the need for it.
Rhonda
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Rhonda
Dx 2/1/05, Stage 1, 0 nodes, Grade 3, ER/PR-, HER2+ (3.16 Fish)
2/7/05, Partial Mastectomy
5/18/05 Finished 6 rounds of dose dense TEC (Taxotere, Epirubicin and Cytoxan)
8/1/05 Finished 33 rads
8/18/05 Started Herceptin, every 3 weeks for a year (last one 8/10/06)
2/1/13...8 year Cancerversary and I am "perfect" (at least where cancer is concerned;)
" And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."- Abraham Lincoln
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