I'm okay!

Both Doctors agreed that I am doing well. Will start my Rituxan therapy in September. Will get it every Thursday starting September 8th. Four rounds and then I will wait until June of next year to have another PET scan. Hoping and praying that I do not get sick like I did the last time they gave me Rituxan.
Will see Dr. Finney ( colo-rectal oncologist) September 12th. He will determine if it is safe to reconnect my bowel. Not sure but most likely that will take place in October. Just have to wait to see what happens.

Just wore out or something more?

Lately I have been very tired and sleeping alot. I have also noticed some pains in my abdomen and left arm pit so today I decided to go and get my blood checked. Iwaited att he hospital for the results and when they came back I wasn't too terribly surprised.
I have too much carbon dioxide in my blood and my white counts are low. The thing that kind of surprised me was that they were not this low very often while I was fighting cancer.
By the time I got home this afternoon there was a message from the hospital on te answering machine. Dr. Oken want s to see me tomorrow. I know that there is no cure for the cancer that I have but I pray that it will not come back so soon. There are other things which can cause a low white count and a diuretic is one of them. I am on a diuretic to get rid of extra fluids that build up in me so hopefully that is what the culprit is and I will be put on a different medication. Keep me in your prayers!