Progress has been made! My white blood cell counts have soared from 0.1 to... 0.2! Spectacular. But sarcasm aside, this is actually a good sign. It means things are starting to get moving in my marrow. And I have even better proof of this: last night, I started getting The Bone Pain. I told my nurse I feel like an old man: "Ooh, my bones. I can feel it in my bones." But once again, this is a good thing. Actually, this is a very good thing. It means my marrow has kicked into overdrive. Hopefully within the next few days I will be out of here. And in the meantime, what's a little pain? Nothing. Also, Tylenol helps much. So thanks to all who have thought happy white blood cell thoughts in my direction.
Otherwise, more waiting. I think I might be getting scurvy due to lack of vitamin C. Not really, but I am becoming desperate for an orange. Soon enough. And until then, enjoy the halfway point of June. Peace out.
Caroline - September 2011
On top of a mountain in Colorado - on top of the world.
Caroline - November 2009
Caroline - December 2008
Caroline - December 2007
A few days after my first post-chemo haircut and my one-year anniversary of diagnosis. Amazing. :)
This is recent me.
Self portrait: right before it all started falling out. again.
Caroline - September 2006
Roughly three months before diagnosis
About Me
- Caroline
- On Friday, December 8, 2006, I was diagnosed with leukemia. Specifically, Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia. That's cancer of the blood for those of you who weren't sure. So, this is my blog about the next six months of my life. They're going to be hard; I'm going to be lonely. The goal is to make it out okay. Among various other goals I'll probably be writing about later. Comments, support, laughter, all, feel free to share. Pax. *addendum: This blog has lasted a whole lot longer than 6 months. Now that I am finished with treatment, I still cannot give it up. But now it focuses on my thoughts about (mostly) my life and my various experiences with and related to cancer. Comments, support, laughter... All still welcome. Thank you for reading!! :)
2 comments:
stoppin by to say hello and catch up on all the recent goings-on in caroline-land, im happy to hear you're feeling a little bit better and that your white blood cells are improving HUZZAH! anyway, can we please jam when we come back to school? im in dire need of jamming with some talented peeps, random thought but it needs to be addressed
love,
k-dogg
I had The Bone Pain once. I was playing goalie in a little league soccer game and someone stomped on my wrist. After the game I couldn't figure out why it kept hurting. Turns out it was fractured in three places--that's probably why it hurt so much to stop those penalty kicks.
Anyway, yay 100% improvement! Perhaps we can finally liberate some signs when you're back in Boston?
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