Average Jane’s Blog

Stem Cell Transplant and My New Birthday

Stem Cell Transplant and My New Birthday

Well, I am days late in posting because I have felt that horrible! More about that in upcoming posts. For now, I want to focus on June 15, 2022, which was the day that my stem cells were returned to me. I'm going to TL; DR this, right here and just tell you that there...

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Final Chemo and Stem Cell Transplant

Final Chemo and Stem Cell Transplant

Yesterday was my last day of chemo! I am so happy about that! Of course, I was a wreck about feeling as horrid as I did after Round 2. After this chemo, there is no seven day wait until you start again. The stem cells are reintroduced the next day! As in, today, in...

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Stem Cell Harvest and Chemo-Round 3

Stem Cell Harvest and Chemo-Round 3

It is safe to say that yesterday, June 13, 2022, was a Big Day. Of course, me being me, it was met with a few curve balls. I really shouldn't let those curve balls affect me so much because they ALWAYS happen! We started with a blood draw at 7:00am. I was under the...

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The PICC Line and My New ‘Allergy’

The PICC Line and My New ‘Allergy’

Yesterday, the PICC line got put in, so it's safe to say that it was a Big Day. Oh, and it was also Dick and my 7th wedding anniversary, so that made it a Big Day x 2! I'm guessing that seven years ago, neither one of us thought that we would ever have a wedding...

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Baby Chemo

Baby Chemo

On a normal day, in my normal life, the first thing that I would be doing right now is to apologize for not writing, when I said that I would be writing every day. In reading experiences from other people that have gone through HSCT, I was under the impression that...

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