November 7, 2013.. We made the two trips to the hospital today for the Neuopogen injections. These injections will continue until the stem cell collection is complete. 

My white cell count today was 1.32, hemoglobin-8.6, platelets-119.

I had forgotten how much my sleep was affected the first time after getting the chemo. It sure wrecks a night's sleep as it did last night for me. I hope that improves soon.

We went to the question and answer session tonight at the hospital. Two new doctors were the ones answering questions. One of them was Zangari (my doctor). It was time well spent. One of the things they said was one food supplement they would recommend was vitamin D3 with calcium. They felt it was very important to get enough vitamin D, but D3 depletes calcium so that is the reason to also take calcium. 

We knew some folks that attend our myeloma support group in Johnson City were here at MIRT this week but I had not seen them. We finally got to see them at the question and answer session tonight. It was good to see someone from back home. We sure wish we were going back with them. They leave to go back home tomorrow.