[Chelee]

Hi MaryAnn, Oh my gosh, I am so sorry to hear what you have been through already. My heart truly goes out to you. That triple dose of chemo really did a number on you and your platelet counts. I didn't know how low they could go...and I was worried about mine being 98, and yours is 24. I will add you to my prayers tonight that yours start climbing! I sure hope you can AVOID the hospital. I've been there and done that once so far...that was already too much for me. But I find we all do what we have to in order to keep going.
Let me know how your doing and IF you managed to stay OUT of the hospital. I just had my weekly herceptin this last Monday and my platelet count DID go up a LITTLE bit. From 98 to 125. I hope it keeps climbing because next Monday is my Herceptin, Taxotere, & Carbpotin. I know that will be hard on my platelet counts again. I did get a shot of "Procrit" too this last Monday as my rbc was a little low too.
Thanks for your reply MaryAnn. You hang in there ok. This sure is a rough road and one I will never understand WHY any of us...let alone little childern have to go through. Its a nasty disease and one I pray nighly that there will be a cure for it.

Chelee

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------Stage IIIA, Her2/Neu 3+++, Er & Pr Positive, 5 of 16 positive nodes, DX 12-20-05.

TX plan: Herceptin, Taxotere, & Carbpotin