I should have paid more attention ... (whine)

when the nurse who gave me the shot yesterday asked, "You do know to take Tylenol with this, don't you."

It hurts to chew. Anything. I didn't think the skull bones produced a lot of blood cells.

When I was in the hospital the first time my blood was checked every morning and, depending on the results, I was given a short-acting shot to boost my neutrophils. That doesn't work when I'm at home.

The shot yesterday was a bigger, long-lasting version of the same drug, bound to a carrier chemical.

And I can tell that my red cells are gone. I have the pounding in my ears that I had the first week of January; I'm cold and mentally foggy.

I'm going back to bed.