Archive for December, 2004
Transplant Schedule!
So today my SCT was scheduled. Looks like I will be going in the morning of Christmas Eve.
Yeah it sucks, but I look at it as I get 3 more days at home!
I am pretty excited about it. I mean this could be it. After this .. NO MORE CANCER! [...]
Stem Cell Transplant Scheduling
So tomorrow (12/14) I find out when my Stem Cell Transplant is.
What is a Stem Cell Transplant?
A Stem Cell Transplant (also known as a bone marrow transplant) is a way of giving healthy bone marrow cells back to a patient after high dose chemotherapy treatment. A special machine is used to remove stem cells from [...]
Stem Cell Harvest - Round 2
So the aphresis is finally over. My counts were very high.
On Monday they were 1,500 (low). Tuesday they jumped to 9,500. Today (Wed) they were 45,000! No wonder I ache so much!
They said they probably got a really good collection today and that I should easily make the 5.5 million mark.
So now [...]
Stem Cell Harvest - Round 1
So I went to the hospital this morning at 8am. They took blood and I came home and waited. I feel like an 80 year old man. Everything is sore and stiff.
At 11:30am the hospital called me in for my first aphresis session. I was pretty worried because I have never done anything like this [...]
ICE Treatment #2
Well this one seemed like it hit me MUCH harder than the first. I don’t remember much of the weekend at all. Carrie (my wife) filled me in the other day of all my visitors. I did not really remember that I had any. So I just wanted to thank my parents, Chris & Edna, [...]
