This morning I had an appointment with Dr.Sheehan, my oncologist. Two weeks ago, I started on a new chemotherapy plus a new hormone. Neither of my old ones were working. Unfortunately, I had come down with a bad cold so I got checked over. Fortunately, I had no Covid. Also no flu. And my chest X-ray was clear. I have no fever. So that was good. My sugar numbers were high. And of course, my white cells are low, 2.1 today so I must continue to be careful around lots of people.
I have no idea how I caught a cold. I have not seen anyone since I arrived in Mississippi. And I have never been around people. But I am coughing and sneezing so I cancelled my activities this week. I had a busy week ahead of me too. I have seen Christina and the girls on Sunday at brunch. And I see Portia on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. But they are all healthy. And when I went to my doctor appointments I wear a mask. Who knows how I caught a cold? With my immune system, the nurse suggested that my cold may take awhile to recover. Today I felt miserable.
But I am counting on feeling better tomorrow. After all, it is a week since I first had symptoms. My doctor appointment went well although I have lesions in my mouth from the chemo. My observation has always been to get another appointment from the one today. First I had my nose swabbed to check for Covid and the flu. And I had to have a chest X-ray. My appointment was for 8:50. We got home at 1:00. So my question is this: if everything checked out negative, why do I feel so miserable? The good doctor had no answers.
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