Where is the conference and where will you be staying? How far are you willing to travel for food?

that's why people getting chemo are supposed to stay away from sickos.

I probably shouldn't go for the easy joke here, right, pointing to my absence coinciding with my chemo treatments? I kid because I love.

Seriously, though: ita, I doubt pushing the chemo off a week will really hurt, although her oncologist will be really the one making that call. The white blood count checks are a huge thing in chemo land. They still run my blood counts, and I've been off chemo and on hormone-blocking shots since August.

I was very fortunate -- perhaps due to my youth -- in that my blood counts were always really good. I took a lot of precautions -- rest, avoiding touching things in public places, opened doors with hips and hands covered in my sleeves, etc. But really, sometimes it's just a matter of the human body needs time to rest after being hit with chemo meds (I assume she's had treatment before?). So she may just need a bye week.

Not sure if any of this helps, especially considering I was trapped in a meeting all day. But Allyson asked me to pop in, so: POP!

Where is the conference and where will you be staying? How far are you willing to travel for food?

Conference is at the Westin in Times Square and we are staying at the Strand Hotel on 37th at 6th Ave.

Definitely willing to travel out of that area.

What I need to hit up Jules for is a good rec for an Aetna GP. Between these stupid ear infections, my apparent kinda high BP (which is really ironic because whenever I managed to try out a new GP, it was low, and that was when I was 50 lbs heavier and not exercising) and well, tonight's freaky, I need to get one. One that won't retire, leave town, move out of the practice into one that doesn't do my insurance, die... I have shit luck with GPs.

I felt fine otherwise, just had a blind spot then a need to barf. Scared the shit out of me.

They're scary, and I usually only get the weird floaters. It's awesome you have someone to call like that.

Where should I eat??

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What I need to hit up Jules for is a good rec for an Aetna GP.

I'm not crazy about mine that I've had for ages. Bob's old one (who is at my one's practice) was awesome but he's retired. She got me in to see her GP last year when I was having some weird heart things going on (anxiety palpitations it turns out!) but now I'm not sure of the etiquette! Is he now my regular doctor? I don't know! Anyway, you should ask her for a rec.

Artisanal!

ooh! good one!! That's the one you all recommended I get the gift card to for our vegetarian officiant! She was mighty pleased with it.

Given that the magic drug is pricey, is it worth it to take it next week if she's not up to the right level, or should she rest more and take better care of herself and push chemo back another week--is that bad?

Neulasta is not entirely benign, so she might want try a second week if her white count is going up. I don't know how aggressive her oncologist is. She does need to stay away from sick people.

Thanks for stopping by, Monique, and I hope you're recovering well yourself.

Will ping her too. T promised me some recs.