Thank you all so much for the insight and sharing your knowledge and experience. We completed round 3 of Chemo today. We did skip a week due to fever which we found out was a UTI. My dad’s blood counts are within reason, except his hemoglobin is down to 8.8g/dL. He is definitely getting more fatigued and HR stays about 15-20 beats higher at rest. He started with Hgb at 13.3, so Is it fair for me to think part of his fatigue is also anemia. I asked about iron infusion and the NP did give us an option to transfuse a unit of PRBCs. Has anyone required blood transfusion or iron infusions. Thoughts on which may be better, more effective, or something to stay away from. We are also going to get a CT of chest, abdomen and pelvis to see if chemo is moving us in the right direction. If not, oncologist may add radiation. Thanks again and hope you all are managing well.

One day at a time, breath...

Gail

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