The other thing to be aware of is apparently, according to my MO,chemo can make your WBC permanently below "normal", though not by a lot, and yet you can still have an immune system that functions perfectly adequately. And even before chemo, I had a RBC that was often a little below normal--enough so that I couldn't give blood the last two times I tried(which I now think was a good thing since who knows if there were cancer cells in my blood), so the fact that it is back to that slightly anemic level doesn't bother me.

Nelie


SCC(T2N0M0) part.glossectomy & neck dissect 2/9/05 & 2/25/05.33 IMRT(66 Gy),2 Cisplatin ended 06/03/05.Stage I breast cancer treated 2/05-11/05.Surgery to remove esophageal stricture 07/06, still having dilatations to keep esophagus open.Dysphagia. "When you're going through hell, keep going"