Hello lovely people, I have just had a call from the hospital to say that a week after I had a magnesium infusion my levels for both magnesium and iron have dropped too low again. So I’m having a blood transfusion and another magnesium infusion on Tuesday.
On a more exciting note after my last ever, I hope chemo, my CA 125 has dropped to 31 so this means I’m in remission I think WOOHOO!!!
Big gentle hugs to all xxx
That chemo cocktail you’ve been having really knocks your bloods down.
The good news is that your red blood cells should build back quickly.
But the Carboplatin really does something to the magnesium, so you need to start getting the sachets of magnesium aspartame prescribed.
It’s called Magnaspartate and you dissolve it in orange juice and take it at bedtime.
I had to take it for at least three months after I finished chemo. I think I took it Morning and night in the beginning...
Excellent news about your CA-125.
Everyone of us is different, so you never know how low yours will stay, but it looks like this is a good market for you, so when you are tested again in 3 months, you will see where you are.
It does take a long time to get your strength back, especially as you have been Aneamic and low magnesium makes you tired too.
Just set yourself little tasks each day and pretty soon the chemo cloud will lift, your appetite will return, your hair will begin to grow back, shockingly curly, and you will be a new woman.
Hugs,
Laura
Well the numbers are going in the right direction, I hope the infusions will help you and so they will. All the best
Thank you!
Hi Laura, thank you for your advice. I have been prescribed Magnaspartate and have to take it twice a day, I started it yesterday. Hopefully with the next infusions and these sachets I will soon have a lot more energy.
I know I shouldn't get hung up on the number but so many people have had numbers a lot lower than mine. Do you know if it's possible for them to drop even more?
Big hugs xxx
That sounds very encouraging. So pleased for you. 👏 Hope the transfusion does a good job. Love, Solange xx😊
My doctor would have liked my number to go to 10. Last Jan my CA125 was 11,000 and after chemo, surgery, chemo...it hovered around 29-30. I had a ct scan that showed no cancer indicated so it was determined that might be my "norm". Now, 3 months after chemo, my number is 25. I'm told not to worry much about the number...it can fluctuate for other reasons too. It measures protein in the blood. I still feel anxiety over it but I need to trust the ct scan and the fact it is down to 25 now.
Good news!
Good news!!!
Good news at last
