Hi all,

Jen has now completed 3/7 Chemo & 10/33 Radiotherapy sessions.

She continues to eat ok (we are still above our pre-tx weight) although she is starting to feel the side effects associated with the Radiotherapy - salty taste with specific foods / dry mouth & slight irritation with throat.

She has also started to lose a bit of hair and had to get a PICC line inserted today as her veins were 'bursting' when the nurses were poking her with the needles..

So far so good and we are working very hard to keep nutrition & fluids up.

I did however have a question for those who have gone through this process in the past - Her WBC has been steadily dropping since chemo has started, and is currently sitting just slightly above the reference range (4.0-11.0 10^9/L). PLT counts have also halved from 624 - 304 and her HB count is decreasing as well. Is there anything we can do to increase these naturally during her treatment?

Thanks.

Jay & Jen