Since last Friday's round of chemo, I've been trying to lay low as much as possible. I worked from home on Monday which I'll continue to do on chemo weeks since my immune system is still low during this time. When I got into the office on Tuesday everyone sitting immediately around me was "feeling a little under the weather" as I overheard one say. All 4 of them are fighting the same type of cold - the deep chesty cold that produces a lot of phlegm and gives you that raspy almost hoarse man voice. You know the one.
I have to admit that I got a little fired up over it. I thought to myself, how disrespectful of you to come to work when you feel miserable and spread your "funk" (as I call it) all over the office! What was one person with a cold is now the entire team with a cold because it spread like wild fire. What good does that do anyone? After giving myself a purell bath and washing down my keyboard, mouse, cell phone, water bottle, and desk I calmed down a bit, and decided that I'm going to give these people a "pass". Even though they're all hacking up a lung, I know that there is still work that needs to get done. I don't know what their situation is and I'm sure that if they had their choice, they'd prefer to be at home in bed instead of working. We've all been there, and I'm guilty of it too. I guess I'm just a bit more sensitive these days because I have to keep this immune system of mine in check.
Speaking of immune system, I went in for some blood work this afternoon because Dr. Londer wanted to make sure my WBC was back up since it crashed and burned on Friday. Thankfully my numbers are up! The normal range for the WBC is between 4.30 and 10.80 and mine are currently at 4.37. The other WBC's that are my "infection fighters" are also in good ranges too thankfully. It makes me feel a little better knowing those are up with all the sickness going around. I'd prefer not to live in a bubble all winter long if I can help it!
Wig Update:
Josh and I ventured downtown on Wednesday over our lunch break to check out the wigs at the American Cancer Society. ACS gives out one free wig to people going through chemo so we figured it couldn't hurt to go check it out. If we found something, great, and if not, at least we checked. It turned out to be quite the adventure between being given bad directions and the rain.
ACS is located within Hennepin County Medical Center, and we parked where we thought it was located only for it to be down a few more blocks. Of course it decided to rain the second we stepped outside trying to find this place. Thankfully it was more of a misty kind of rain vs. a downpour. We ended up being 15 minutes late when it was all said and done but the woman we met with was very understanding and brought us back to the room with all the wigs. The process itself couldn't have been any easier. I filled out a quick form and was trying on wigs before I knew it. The selection of blonde wigs wasn't the best. A lot of them were too short and I wanted something that had a bit of length on it that way if I wanted to cut it, I'd have that option. The woman did end up finding one in the mix that falls right below the shoulders so we decided to go with it. The best part about the wig besides the fact that it was free of charge is that it's made out of real hair just like my other one. I'm looking forward to my appointment now with DK International to have the wigs cut and styled so they look more like my hair. I'm thinking I'll have one cut short like I currently have my hair and then keep the other one a little longer. It's good to have variety!
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