Wednesday Pete scheduled his appointments to have the blood work done at the local oncologists. The first will be drawn on Monday, as per A's instructions. He faxed the Neulasta prescription over to Costco and Bruce and I picked it up when we went shopping. That shot is to be administered at least 24 hours post infusion, so A suggested it be given sometime Thursday, which I did.
Wednesday, Pete began coughing, one of those deep, chest-congested coughs. By Friday it had become more frequent but he didn't have a fever. He did say that his back was very painful and achy, so for both of those, I urged him to put a call in to A, just in case. She told him that since there was no fever associated with the cough it was most likely an upper respiratory infection and that the back may be the result of the Neulasta injection. He has a supply of antibiotics on hand at all times and began taking them on Thursday, so he's to continue with that regimen.
His energy level is in the pits, most likely the result of the combination of post-radiation and after-chemo effects and the pain meds he is still taking for his back. That pain had lessened considerably about mid-way through his back radiation treatments, but started to increase as he was finishing up radiation to the brain. The last PET/CT showed the tumor in his spine was very much reduced in size but it may just be where it's located and there is a tendency for the radiation to cause some swelling to occur in the area around the tumor and that, in turn, may be causing some irritation or pressure on the nerves.
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