I seem to be getting more lightheaded then I have been & am having a lot of muscle pain in my legs. I guessing my blood counts must be getting low. I will probably need another blood transfusion. Last week my hemoglobin was 9.1 & the week before it was 9.0. Normal is 11.1-15.9. I'm thinking I may be down in the 8.1-8.6 range. I got as low as 8.2 before being transfused in July. Lab Corp is being slower then ever in posting results on the Internet. They still haven't posted my lab from Aug 28th let alone lab from Sep. 4th but I will get my results Monday when I go in for my last chemo treatment. I went to bed about 11:30 but gave up on sleeping in bed about 1 AM. I'm watching TV as I am wide awake. I was having trouble breathing laying in bed...even though I had 3 pillows under my head & upper back. Now I'm in my recliner with 1 pillow & sitting on a heating pad to keep the leg pain away. I can't really blame not sleeping on the cancer. I worked nights for 20+ yrs & was back to working nights after working days for 8+ months in a VA Clinic down here. I went to work for a company that was flying me back to Iowa once a month. I would work about seven 12 hrs shifts then fly home. It was great but unfortunately not possible when getting chemo once a week. At this point I don't know when I will be going back to work.
Bruce & I are going to start Dr. Budwig's diet tomorrow. I don't know how much of it Bruce will actually follow but he's at least willing to try it.
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