1/12/05 Counts are Dropping

I saw my Doc today and as expected on the 8-10 day range my counts have dropped. My white blood cell count is about half of what it was yesterday but still at an acceptable level and my platelets are "19". If my platelets drop below the "10" range they may want to give me an infusion of platelets. Also as expected the counts drop for a few days and then start to recover. Hopefully when I go back to the Doc on Friday my counts will be on the rise and this will not be an issue. I feel fine and am no more tired than normal but when platelets are low you are prone to bruising. I do not know if I ever mentioned but I have been injecting myself with Neupogen post transplant, which is a Growth Factor that stimulates white blood cell growth. Yesterday's shot caused a bruise that may have been caused by the low platelet count or just my nervousness about giving myself the injections. I had to do this after my last transplant but did not have the same nervousness that I have this time. It really does not hurt it just is not something one does usually. Today will be a fairly quite day and I have nobody or nothing to bitch about, although the day is still young.