Sunday, Day of Rest

Robin relaxed in the backyard yesterday. She's starting to eat some solid foods like pudding (is that a solid food?) and oatmeal. Some friends sent her chocolate and potato chips in the mail and she's anxious to work her way up to potato chips!

Sunday she also had an injection of Neulasta. As noted earlier, the chemo kills off the production of white blood cells. Neulasta helps kick that production back into gear.

Robin's schedule for the next few weeks:

Sept 25th - blood test to check white blood cell count. This will be a factor in deciding whether she will get two or three courses of chemo.

Sept 28th - appointment with the Radiation Oncologist (who Beth Israel acquired him from Sloane Kettering). He'll decide which type of radiation machine to use and what dose will be applied to the tumor.

Sept 5th - Start second 4-day course of chemo. If she is only going to get two courses then radiation will start the same day. If she's going to get three courses then she will do 4 days of chemo and 17 days off and radiation will start with the third course.

Sept 26th - the prospective date to begin the third course of chemo.