Normal

Things could be called largely normal this week.

Most of my blood numbers are within a normal range (for cancer guys like me.) However, the platelet count is down to its lowest yet.......77. So the research manager is on a campaign to get the count up. Anybody want to participate? Beet root juice, papaya, vitamin k2, more spinach and a few other things are in my immediate future.

My CEA is up slightly but still in a range that Dr. Patel is comfortable with. I think it is more a measure of colon issues than liver or lymph node issues and the liver and lymph nodes are our primary focus.

My hand/foot syndrome got bad over the weekend, the same as two weeks ago. I think it gets better duringthe non-Xeloda week. I hope so. It was tough playing tennis on Monday morning and I took today off to recover a little bit.

The mouth sores are also back in a minor way. But I will survive..

I learned that a bridge club nearby runs a stroke clinic on Saturday morning. That is super, tennis for those with heart problems.

I am thinking of having a baby. The less than a year old grandson of two of the tennis players was brought down to the tennis court the other day and the ladies all fawned over him. With a baby, I would get at least peripheral attention.

I still need rest and so I am going for my soak now. Earlier this week, the research manager said that she was out of thyme and that is how I feel some evenings also.