Jen begins her 4th cycle of Chemo

Jen's platelet levels on Friday were finally high enough to resume chemo, but barely.  We decided to give her marrow a few more days to recover and she began her 4th cycle on Sunday night.

Our concern is that even as Jen is taking increasingly lower doses, she is having a more difficult and delayed recovery with each subsequent dose.

I have plotted out all of Jen's chemo cycles on a graph.  Note the key on the right hand side.

 

 

 

As you can see, her most recent cycle (in yellow) has taken the longest to respond and recover - even though this was at a 25% lower dose than the 2nd cycle.

Her last platelet reading was on the 43rd day following the start of the 3rd cycle and her platelet level was 102.  At this point following her second cycle, which had a significantly higher dose, her levels were around 180.

 

Her newest cycle is at an even lower dose and she is beginning this cycle with her lowest starting platelet count yet.  Hopefully her body will be able to tolerate this dosing and hopefully it will be enough to keep her cancer at bay.