I can't start chemotherapy this week because my platelet count is low. Fortunately my white blood cell count is good.
This can all be a blessing in disguise allowing me the opportunity to:
Attend the A's/Giants game on Thursday
See Indian Valley Line on Friday
Or, if my doctor allows, attend my grandmother's funeral in New Jersey
When the platelets go back to normal I will go back to chemo. Yay.
Liz Salmi is Communications & Patient Initiatives Director for OpenNotes at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. Over the last 15 years Liz has been: a research subject; an advisor in patient stakeholder groups; a leader in “patient engagement” research initiatives; and an innovator, educator and investigator in national educational and research projects. Today her work focuses on involving patients and care partners in the co-design of research and research dissemination. It is rumored Liz was the drummer in a punk rock band.
