Category: Stem Cell Transplant

Day Zero – New Birthday

Monday, November 7, 2011 – Today is my Day Zero. My transplant day. Life begins at Day Zero. Today I will get fluids and my stem cells through IV. My stem cells will be free floating around in my bloodstream, and their mission is to find their way into my bone marrow, engraft, and start …

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Day Minus One – A Day of Rest

Sunday, November 6, 2011 – Yesterday’s chemo was rough! Though it was only supposed to be a half day, the IV chemo was alcohol based and I got a bit loopy. On top of it, I had a drug reaction which made things a lot worse. My heart started racing at 110 BPM (my normal …

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In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning of DAY MINUS TWO

Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011, 4AM – The first sentence of this post consists of me spending 20 minutes telling you how thankful I am for anti-nausea medicine and how much of a difference it has made in my life during the past few days by keeping my GI tract in line. The Next Few Days …

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