Hershey Park....

I'm okay but my white counts are down. I can't be around anyone sick actually. Emily has a class trip to Hershey Park in PA on Monday and i had planned to go. (I paid $40ish for a seat.... the discounted price!) However, I spoke with my case manager today after my MD saw my blood counts from yesterday, and she really doesn't think it's a good idea. I mean i could bring some purell and sanitize my hands all the time, but it's still over an hour each way on the bus full of 5th graders..... Emily is extremely disappointed and upset.

I can't think how i will be able to make it up to her but i think it would be stupid to risk it. Having said that i'm not the most comfortable about her being all the way over there at an amusement park without anyone looking out for her specifically..... her emotions are the most likely casualty, but of course i have images of feet being sliced off on a ride. (Where was that that that happened just a month ago?) I know i couldn't prevent it if I were there, but I sure would like to be on hand if something were to go wrong!

I did think I was catching a cold yesterday & the day before. I had sat in a concert at Em's school for an hour, in front of a woman who was coughing.... it didn't sound like she was covering her mouth, either. I thought i was far enough from her, but then i woke snorky and sneezy two days in a row, and was tired yesterday -- my mom's been getting up with Alan and the kids and letting me sleep in, and since then i'm rarely tired now. I started taking Cat's Claw right away (an herb -- unicaria tomentosa is the latin name.) It's known for helping immune function & my oncologist okayed it. People with HIV really like it & I read that it's helpful for side effects of chemo, and i know they don't mean nausea in this case! I think i kicked the attempting cold -- but maybe should take cats claw for another day or so just in case, given the still-dropping white counts. (The 2nd week after chemo is the low point -- I had chemo just a week ago yesterday.)

The warm weather is helpful, I must say. I worry more about being indoors in the AC. I skipped swimming yesterday when i was tired and worried about the cold thing -- but I biked today and Wednesday; there's been no problem about biking in the heat!