Steve's been off treatment for about a week now. Since the treatment gave him anemia, the gastroenterologist prescribed Procrit. After his first shot, he stopped experiencing short of breath. He still becomes unbearably cold sometimes (even with the thermostat on 77), but he took his second shot today, so hopefully that will stop as well. Still can't do much. Just walked the dogs with me and got dizzy, but that's not happening as often either.
Good news! Steve has been talking about going back on the treatment. He spoke to our family doctor yesterday. The doctor told him to make sure he waits until his red blood cell count has been back to normal for a few weeks. The doctor doesn't want him to resume the treatment until he feels that his RBC will remain stable. (If he goes back on treatment, he will remain on the Procrit for the duration of the tx.)
His mood is still not back to normal. But I guess mine isn't either. We are working on that too.
May all be well with you and yours,
Lisa
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