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I Promise I'm Not an Impatient Patient

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I've never gone a whole month between blog posts AND I missed my cancer blog anniversary! Whoops! March 15th last year was my very first post. March 25th was diagnosis day. And here we are. Two weeks ago I was supposed to have my immunotherapy treatment but it was delayed as my platelets were too low. That Wednesday I went to the hospital 2 hours before my appointment for bloodwork, and opted to sit in a sunny chair by the window and knit until my oncology appointment. What I could not have known is that doctor was running late, and in the end I spent FOUR hours knitting in that window. I was content (though starving!) but after I got in to see the doctor (and have my treatment delayed by a week) I was able to zoom home and eat lunch quickly before my lymphedema massage appointment. Last week, I failed my bloodwork again so my treatment was delayed by another week. I didn't see the doctor in person. My treatment was pushed to this week. Yesterday I had another round of bloodwor