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		<title>Fatigue Mystery Solved</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Liana Gardner]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2014 03:54:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Last week I talked about how tired I've been ... well, today I found out why.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://bethecatblog.com/2014/03/fatigue-mystery-solved/">Fatigue Mystery Solved</a> appeared first on <a href="https://bethecatblog.com">Be the Cat</a>.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">Last week I talked about <a href="http://kickcancer.lkgriffie.com/2014/02/fatigued/">how tired I&#8217;ve been</a> &#8230; well, today I found out why. I&#8217;ve been feeling more sluggish than a tree sloth, and it turns out my white blood cell counts are down. I went for my lab work today, just as I do every Monday, and while I didn&#8217;t have to have a supplemental shot, I gather it was a close run thing. The nurse said the white count was borderline, while the platelets were good, and the hemoglobin is holding steady. This is the lowest the white cell counts have been since receiving the initial <del datetime="2014-03-05T06:23:38+00:00">chemo </del> leukemia diagnosis in July. Despite the fatigue, I&#8217;m viewing this as good news. It means the chemo is doing something, the bad white cells are being obliterated, which is the whole point of the exercise.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I feel a bit like the squirrel in the picture. I&#8217;ve made it to the end of the path, and I&#8217;m just too tired to go another inch. I should be bouncing off the end, diving into my future, and all I want to do is curl up and take a nap. Those who know me well, know <em>slow down</em> and <em>take it easy</em> are barely in my realm of understanding. I do take time to reflect, but it is always with a purpose in mind. I&#8217;ll just have to remind myself there is a purpose here too: to give my body the resources it needs to fight. I want to be working on my new book, and I am making some small steps forward, but right now rest is more important. And that is a very hard thing to get through my head.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">And as a bonus to you, my posts are much shorter when I&#8217;m tired. <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f609.png" alt="😉" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /></p>
<p>The post <a href="https://bethecatblog.com/2014/03/fatigue-mystery-solved/">Fatigue Mystery Solved</a> appeared first on <a href="https://bethecatblog.com">Be the Cat</a>.</p>
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