Welp, “never a dull moment” is quickly becoming my new mantra, with “another hiccup along the way” close behind.

I was supposed to receive my second infusion today. Unfortunately, the first infusion affected my bone marrow a bit more aggressively than anticipated so my appointment is postponed until Friday afternoon. If my levels are high enough, I’ll be able to get the chemo. If not, maybe Monday?

Definitely a curveball we didn’t see coming. I mean, on the first dose, really? But, my bone marrow just said “what the hell” after it got sucker-punched again out of nowhere. I can’t say I don’t understand it. My body just doesn’t like poison.

After the inital shock and disappointment, I reached out to Dr. Ravi’s team to ask if this was a common occurrence and what it meant for future infusions and subsequent cycles. His nurse assured me that this is not a rare thing, especially after having undergone the previous chemotherapy regimen. It’s nothing to be concerned about unless it becomes a pattern. Even then, there are options to lower doses, remove one of the drugs, or simply extend the cycle length to give my body more time to recover. That is a conversation we will have in August at my next appointment once I’ve completed two cycles.

So, for now, I wait and silently cheer my bone marrow on. Masks may be in my very near future along with a lot of hand sanitizer and less snuggles. But, as always, I’m going to do whatever it takes to be here. I just need to make sure the toxic medicine I require doesn’t kill me before I get to the finish line. Thankfully, I’ve got a good oncology team here and an even better one in Texas so I know I’m covered. Add to that an amazing family and community of friends. Ain’t no way I can fail!

As for the hiccups, I’m just going to have to let them run their course and adjust as needed. We roll with the sucker-punches around here and just keep getting back up.