One more round of chemo due this evening and then I’m done, apart from my Neulasta shot Saturday evening, which is a recovery shot – i.e. an injection to help my recover from the chemo induced neutroprenia. I had a last intrathecal injection of methotrexate this morning from Dan Zuckerman, the oncology fellow. The intrathecal is the injection through the dura of the spinal cord into the cauda equina, so named because the jumble of nerves supposedly look like a horse’s mane. I should be going home Sunday morning, all being well. Folks here are confident that I am on the road to recovery. I had the option of going home Saturday evening but I feel happier to be spending one more night here. It’s going to be sad to say goodbye to all the nurses and PCAs and doctors who have been looking after me over the last few months.

I will probably not update the blog so frequently when I’m home recovering. There’s not not going to be so much to write about, but I will try to update it weekly until I’m back to work.