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...
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...
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 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...
More About Chemo and The Head Shaving Party

More About Chemo and The Head Shaving Party

It is after 12:00am as I write this. Turns out that Day 4 after chemo still means you sleep quite a lot but then you are wide awake! I mean, wide awake because you slept most of the day away and now you just aren’t tired! Brilliant, I know! There were some other...
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...