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Hi Brittany, I hope your mom is doing OK. My nutritionist told me to eat as much protein as possible to help with blood counts. And that if I could not keep down a lot of food to make sure protein was my first priority.
I am also sorry to hear that your mom's low blood counts are making her worry. Please tell her this in case it helps ease her mind. I am a relatively young breast cancer patient (31) with no evidence of metastatic disease and my blood counts started out very strong at the beginning of my chemo. (I am also taking Neulasta). My oncology nurse warned me that I needed to be prepared for the fact that my blood counts were going to go down with the cumulative effects of chemotherapy and there was not a lot I could do about it. She said it was the natural progression of the chemo taking it's toll on my body and not an indicator of disease... I am in my third month of chemo and she was right. My counts are way down. And I just had a full pet/cat last week and everything is clear so it is not an indicator of disease. I hope that helps. I am very glad your mom is responding well to the Herceptin. I will say a prayer for her. She sounds like a very strong person!!
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