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Beth;
I found that my onc allowed my white counts to get quite low. For instance, my friend who was going through treatment at the same time was not allowed to take her chemo if her count was below 15 (guessing at that as I can't totally remember) while I was allowed to go to 10. One day I was borderline and the nurses and pharmacist were talking and called the doctor to check. He said to go ahead as I was ........ (what a mind...I can't remember the word). So in any case they gave me the chemo and I sat there wondering about that word and really not wanting to ask...you know what I mean?! In any case I did ask...and the nurse said.....cureable!!! Made my day, week, month. So, bottom line is from what I have observed...if you are palliative....they won't let your blood counts get too low so you suffer, if you are stage 1 or something they also won't let your blood counts get too low but if you are on the line (i.e. stage 3c...lol) they go for it!!! and thank god.
So......treatment fluctuates......lol.
Cathy
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