The Monday chemotherapy treatment for the last two weeks has been in the “little treatment room” that has positions for two patients and one washroom for two patients, and a window with a view for one patient.
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| Halifax Public Gardens |
My “buddy” this week had the view. (I had it last week). He is a mariner, near my age, (Merchant mariner with Captain’s papers) from a fishing community near Yarmouth who was so pleased not to stare out at bricks. Chemotherapy is on the 11th floor of the Victoria building and the view is toward the North towards the Public Gardens. We were able to engage in enough common interest conversation to move the time along very enjoyably.
My medical oncologist had warned that the increasing depletion of white cells in the therapy would likely increase immune system compromise. An infection early Tuesday morning raised my temperature over 38C and we followed the safety procedure of going to the GEII Emergency Dept where the triage nurse monitored the temperature until emerge priorities ushered in a battery of analysis tests culminating with antibiotics at about 9:30 am that acted very quickly to return my temperature to a normal level and allowed the nurse at the Cancer Centre to approve my continuation of radiation treatment later Tuesday morning.
On Wednesday, I was ready for my ACCESS fitness session at 9:00, my Radiation treatment at 10:00, and Blood Collection (to recheck white cell levels from Tuesday morning) at 11:00. The day ends with energy up, temperature normal, and side effects minimal. All is good.
Thanks for your continued prayers and support.
I will be keeping you posted.
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