Day 24 (Sunday)

This was a good day.

Feeling Groovy

Other than my GI track which is acting up a bit recently, I am feeling better and better. 

• My lip is down to about normal size. (The sore itself will take awhile to heal.)
• My rash is subsided.
• Nosebleeds are long gone.
• No fevers.

All in all--I'm feeling good--i even did 30 minutes on the treadmill. 

I have less energy than normal, but feeling good.

Hair

With everything that was going on last week, I hadn't really been keeping you up to date with the whole hair loss story. So, I was sure that I was going to lose all of my hair--I feel sure I got that from my doctor, but maybe I didn't.

Well--people don't necessarily. Apparently some hair follicles are more delicate than others.

So--last Wednesday-ish, my beard started to fall out. At first it was only if I pulled little, and eventually it was sort of like Christmas-tree needles that were too dry.  I still have a few hairs there--but most of them are gone.

On Saturday, my head hair started to fall out. It is a lovely patchwork of thin and thick areas at the moment--I look forward to it getting further along.

But--NEWSFLASH--according to my doctor that may be it. We still have to wait and see, but the other hair on your body is not as delicate. I don't really care either way, but it will be interesting to see.

Food

One of the friends that made food for Jen had made enough that I could benefit from some leftovers. It was delicious--and so good to have some not-hospital food. They do a pretty good job here--but institutionalized cooking on a large scale can never compare to home cooking.

WATCHMEN

Finished it. 

Some curiousness near the end--but overall--absolutely fantasic.

Home

My white blood cell counts are really rising. Sunday morning, they were 1.6. Monday morning, they are 3.6. They are really looking at my neutrophil count--but its all on the upswing. My doctor feels confident I'll be home by the end of the week!

Incidentally they re-zeroed my bed before weighing me and I was 180.

Summary

In short:

• Side effects: down
• Hair: down
• Weight: down
• Mood: up
• Food: up
• Blood: up
• Outlook: up!