Injection #3

Same old routine this week. No major side effect to speak of up to the 3rd shot. Had the weekly bloods taken on thursday lunchtime after which I took injection #3. Seemed a bit more of a psychological batle to stab myself this week but with a bit of gentle persuation I got on with it. Have started on the other side of my stomach now and it just didnt feel as intuitive injecting there. The rash from the first injection came up like a gorilla's love bite but the rash on the second site doesnt seem quite so big. Rash number 3 is just starting to appear (2 days post injection) and looks like its going to be the same size as #2.

Again, didnt get any noticeable sides after the last injection....maybe slightly cold and shivery but nothing that warrented any intervention. Sides seem a little more noticeable today but I think that may all be in my head. Got my week 2 blood results back yesterday and my haemoglobin is still dropping fast. Its got me really worried and I think it is this that is accentuating any minor sides I may have.....hands are bloody itchy though but again is probably stress related and hopefully the mind will win this battle.

Emotionally I also seem to be all over the shop. My biggest fear is that my so called treatment team, who seem as good as bloody useless at the moment, will ask me to reduce my medication dose. That would be terrible at such an early stage.

Anyway my bloods to date

----------------27/3/8 (baseline)-------3/4/8 (week 1)-------10/4/8 (week 2)
ALT-------------104-------------------87---------------------79
Bilirubin---------14--------------------29---------------------27
Neuts------------2.41-----------------1.39--------------------1.11
RBC-------------4.04-----------------3.88--------------------3.35
Hgb--------------13.6----------------12.1---------------------10.7
WBC-------------5.17-----------------4.09--------------------4.36
Plates------------130-----------------112---------------------138