Today was my last chemo infusion treatment! I’ll still take the oral chemo pill through Sunday, and there are a couple of other pills the doctor wants me to continue taking for a week, but the end of this stage is clearly in sight. My schedule for St. Louis still hasn’t been finalized. I’ve got a spot on my lower back that’s caused periodic discomfort, okay pain, and they’re scheduling an MRI for that. I’ll have lab work here September 3rd, and an Aredia infusion September 10th. Somewhere in there I’ll need to go to St. Louis for lab work and possibly a bone marrow biopsy, and we’ve got a tentative date of September 11th to start growth factors and harvesting of stem cells.
I thought I’d have some down time before the next phase started, but it doesn’t look like I'll have as much as I thought. Regardless, I’m looking forward to the next steps, getting this behind me and coming out clean on the other side!