I'm just chiming in to say that here is one more person sorry to hear that you are facing this again, @mommacandy, and holding faith that your knowing your body and speaking up clearly on behalf of your needs is one of those skills that is already helping you to get to a plan sooner, and will continue to serve you. I will be keeping you in my thoughts and hoping that all of the wisdom that you are bringing to this round will get you through it as well as before.

As far as "building" your blood for chemo, is iron a component that needs to be boosted? If so, I have an iron storage disorder, so have to AVOID foods that "build blood," so encourage you to consider these, which for me, are discouraged:
- red meat (5.2mg of heme-iron, which is the most easily absorbed by the body, or 30% of daily requirement in 6 ounce burger),
-blackstrap molasses (think homemade gingerbread cookies 4.9mg or 27% of daily requirement of non-heme iron per tablespoon)
-lamb (2.3mg per 3 ounces of lamb) 13%
-oysters (4.5mg of iron, or 25% of daily requirement in 3.5 ounces of oysters)
-a baked potato contains 2mg or 11% of non-heme iron in a medium potato (with skin)

While researching iron content of various foods, I did see at least one supplement designed for "blood building,"
-MegaFood Blood Builder contains 26mg of iron (144% of daily requirement) in a formula that they claim is gentle, without causing nausea or constipation and comes in "mini-tablets" for those with trouble swallowing

I don't know whether your healthcare team would support you to build your iron status early, but thought I'd offer this in case it might help.

Sending my warm and very best wishes for a prompt start to your treatment now so that your hope rises, @mommacandy.