Was woken up to do a urine sample at 6am and wasn’t in a hurry to get up. There wasn’t a lot I can do now, just recovery and monitoring of my bloods. Joe called me at 7am to tell me he wasn’t feeling well, he had either food poisoning or a gastro bug and he wasn’t coming in today. Great, possibly my last day before I get locked away and I couldn’t see him. Better to be safe than sorry though! 😩 this meant I was worried about him all day instead of vice versa.

I have to have my bloods taken every morning to monitor how it is all traveling. They take the blood from the neck picc line, which is really convenient and I dont even notice its there anymore. Then they give another infusion, just a preventative solution of some sort. My blood pressure is a bit high but apparently is within normal and safe limits and they check it a few times a day. I finished all my fresh food in the fridge today as once you go into Isoloation there are restrictions on what you are allowed to have. No fresh fruit or veg unless its microwaved seems bizzare when you think about it, but its to make sure it contains no bacteria etc. Processed and packaged foods are fine lol.

So my blood results are in… forgive my ignorance or if I’ve got this incorrect, but this is how they should work…

Hemoglobin = the cells that carry oxygen, normal level should be between 120 and 150.
Mine = 117

Leukocytes = cells that defend the body, normal levels between 4 and 10 mil (i think) but I need them to drop to <.05 as that means the bad MS is gone and chemo worked.
Mine = 1.0

Platelets = parts of the blood that help it clot, normal levels between 100 and 400
Mine = 85

So even though some of this is outside of the normal limits, they are not in danger zones either. Everyday my chart will be completed and I can see how its all going. Dr Fedorenko explains all of this so well.

I then I went and sat on the lounge for most of the day reading some magazines that were there. I'm not normally one to have time to sit and read all articles but it was nice. Then Lucy came past from having her smaller line put in and we had a beautiful chat. I know I have said this before, but I really am glad we met and are doing this together she is a gorgeous person and I was so pleased I got to see her before I go into iso.

Tonight my nephew graduated from his first stage of the Navy, I am so pleased he is doing something he is enjoying. I am very grateful to Joan and Michael for having the kids a little longer this week so mum and dad could go over to Melbourne for his  ceremony and support him too. All the support back home makes this whole treatment easier.

I didnt have a nap today, not because I didnt want too, I didnt feel I needed too either, but because I wanted to sleep all night. So after dinner it didnt take much for me to get to sleep…

That is my surname in Russian 🙂