Finally got chemo the other day

[Tab]

11. In theory every two weeks.

The optimal time for this regimen is about 2 weeks. However, as has been noted in this (or other) threads, I have gone through a period where I wasn't getting chemo for weeks on end (like 5 or 6 weeks in between. This was typically because my platelets weren't cooperating. The average person has 140k to, I think, 400k of platelets. Mine have always run low, around 75k. They won't give me chemo if the level (and my ability to make or retain platelets) is below 70k. So I'm right on the edge. It doesn't take much for me to clock in below 70k, and if that's the case, then I don't get chemo. So every visit is up in the air, and there's not much you can eat or drink or take to "improve" platelets. If I could improve them by drinking carrot juice, believe me, I'd be all over that. But it's not that easy.