Monday’s chemo did not go ahead as my white cells and neutrophils continued their downhill slide rather than improving. I am now in a mildly neutrophenic state which basically means I have a depleted immune system at present. So I am going to give it another go next Monday. If the counts are still low then I will have an injection to boost my neutrophils. I was given the choice of having this yesterday however it is a painful injection and can cause quite severe pain for up to two weeks afterwards so I decided to see if my body would come to the party naturally. I joked to my doctor that I had never had any of these troubles having chemo whilst pregnant and he commented that during pregnancy it is quite common for your white cell count to increase. Therefore he suspects the pregnancy was actually aiding me in keeping my white cell count normal whilst undergoing chemo!!
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