Step-on-me vs. Ovarian Cancer

Yesterday was supposed to be my last chemo session for this treatment.  Unfortunately, all of my numbers were too low to go ahead with chemo.  I was pumped up with potassium and magnesium and given strict instructions to take at home supplements everyday.  I already received three of the neupogen shots last week (which are supposed to help my white blood cells regenerate) and we are waiting to hear if the doctor wants me to get additional injections, or if we will just let some extra time naturally build these numbers.  As of right now, we are scheduled to come back next Tuesday and try again.

This Monday and Tuesday marks the beginning of the end of my scheduled IV/IP Chemo treatments.  After Tuesday, I have a week to recover then I go in for my last scheduled outpatient IP treatment.  We won't know for sure that I will not require anymore IV/IP treatments until we do scans towards the end of May to make sure there are no more visible tumors that require additional treatments.  We do know that my CA 125 (the blood work that the doctors use as my tumor marker) is very low >5.5 , which is good news.  However, even when my abdomen was full of tumors and cancer, my number wasn't very high.  So, the CA 125 isn't the best predictor of disease in my case. I ended the title of the post with "sort of" because Ovarian Cancer is a lifelong diagnosis.  When my doctor and I decide that I can be finished with this chemo treatment, I will begin a daily regimen of drugs to help keep my cancer from reoccurring.  I will go to the doctors for regular scans and b