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Tag Archives: Stem cell transplant
Decisions, Decisions – Job & Health issues
It’s been two weeks since my last update, one week-plus since I dropped one of my three antibiotics, and 97 days since my stem cell transplant for Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. So there are a few things to update and … Continue reading
Unrelated condition could force change
As a hardheaded and independent type, I don’t like outside forces making decisions for me. But that’s a situation I face over the next couple of weeks. This blog has been all about my cancer treatment. And, that continues to … Continue reading
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Tagged autologous stem cell transplant, Cancer, Chemotherapy, fatigue, Lymphoma, Stem cell transplant
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No toasts to my recovery for four months
I’m slipping a bit on weekly updates but that should mean the news is good – and for the most part, that would be an accurate assessment. The past week remained a roller coaster of recovery but with good signs … Continue reading
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Tagged Cancer, cancer recovery, chemo, Chemotherapy, Lymphoma, side effects, Stem cell transplant, stem cells
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Was that a corner I just turned?
Cancer treatment recovery is a tricky and stubborn cuss. There certainly are days I feel much better usually followed by a day or two of ‘will this ever end?’ But since my last update, just over a week ago, I … Continue reading
Trudging the slow road of recovery
During cancer treatment life is pretty simple – you feel toxic most of the time. But recovery is a sly fox – you feel good a few hours and then crash and burn as a reminder that cancer and cancer treatment … Continue reading
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Tagged Cancer, cancer recovery, chemo, Chemotherapy, fatigue, Lymphoma, Stem cell transplant, stem cells
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Recovery begins by getting home today
I have not slept in my own bed for 28 days. That feels weird but the streak ends tonight. Yes, I get to go home with my doctor’s full blessing. I saw my oncologist for my autologous stem cell transplant … Continue reading
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Tagged autologous stem cell transplant, Cancer, Chemotherapy, fatigue, Lymphoma, Stem cell transplant
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Can too much good news be a bad thing?
So far I’ve managed to survive a week of intense chemotherapy, eight days in the hospital with a dangerous blood infection, and all the assorted side effects that come with cancer treatment. My response to treatment has been very good … Continue reading
Partying today like it’s 1999
So after posting that morbid selfie yesterday it’s all celebration today! The stem cell transplant process is all about the numbers during recovery and I hit a real good one this morning. My whites were in the 600s yesterday, which … Continue reading
Don’t freak out, I’ve covered that already
It’s 3 a.m. Thursday night and I’m lying in bed having had a fever running in the 101-plus range. I was admitted about 7:30 p.m. Thursday evening, following protocol that anything over 101 is dangerous. But this is different. I’m uncontrollably shaking.. … Continue reading
Yuck – the downward slide begins
It’s a Tuesday afternoon, day after my stem cells were returned to my system, nauseated, diarrhea, no appetite, no energy and a long way to go. That’s a downer but also reality. And again, this is day one of the … Continue reading
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Tagged autologous stem cell transplant, Cancer, Chemotherapy, fatigue, Lymphoma, Neupogen, side effects, Stem cell transplant, stem cells
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