Andrew MacDonald

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Day Minus Six

Tuesday, November 1, 2011 – Today is the first of five days of chemo. We’ve had all sorts of adventures today. I was very amused to hear the nurses say that I could only take narcotics for pain, and no over the counter medicine. I guess I can do that if they insist. 😉 These …

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CELEBRATE GOOD TIMES!!!

It looks like the first night of Mozobil will be the last night of Mozobil! Yesterday, we did the first day of stem collection. The doctors had explained that the goal is to get 2 million stem cells over the course of 2-4 days. I am happy to report that we got 6.5 million stem …

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First Night of Mozobil

Monday, October 24, 2011, 8:55 PM – we got here at 8:30 for my Mozobil shot. We learned that Mozobil encourages the bone marrow to release the stem cells into the bloodstream. This differs from the Neupogen shots that merely encouraged lots of stem cell production. We got my shot around 9, and have to …

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