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Tweets for the Week of 08-18-2014
- Spiked a fever this morning, which made me sad. But it's better now. However, now they want a chest x-ray & chest CT scan. #CopingWithCancer 17:16:37, 2014-08-18
- My white cells are growing; my white cells are growing! My count is still low but no longer critically so. Grow little white cells! 14:36:47, 2014-08-19
- Doctors came and they want to keep ( Read more... )
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Tweets for the Week of 08-11-2014
- [Blog] Stem Cell Transplant Day 14 (Day +7) http://t.co/VajwuXouMx 07:55:53, 2014-08-11
- Feeling better now that my fever broke and I'm able to hold down some food. Also, my lovely nurses keep giving me drugs. Niiice nurses. 18:44:56, 2014-08-11
- [Blog] Stem Cell Transplant Day 15 (Day +8) http://t.co/CcRIdNJizK 16:03:11, 2014-08-12
- [Blog] Stem Cell ( Read more... )
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Stem Cell Transplant Day 18 (Day +11)
We’re engrafting, yay! My white cell counts, while still critically low, are beginning to rise. I’m also getting fevers, but not the stupid human suit kind, but rather the sort typically associated with stem cell engrafting.
My blood pressure tanked last night to the point of me standing in my room confused, trying to figure out how to work the ( Read more... ) -
Stem Cell Transplant Day 15 (Day +8)
I am feeling very sorry for myself.
On opportunistic bacteria infection has taken up residence in my lower bowels and another one has set up shop in my stomach. Not only is food unpleasant to eat but it’s not doing anything enjoyable once it hits my GI Tract, including staying put.
Waaaahhhh!!
They have me on lotso antibiotics and other meds to ( Read more... ) -
Stem Cell Transplant Day 14 (Day +7)
Deep into hell week now. Haven’t been able to hold down any food or liquid for 24-hours. Getting IV fluids so I don’t dehydrate. It’s going to be a couple more days until things could conceivably start getting better. Oh, and my hair’s falling out again. (Sigh.)
Needed another platelet transfusion last I night. Nurses are doing their best to keep ( Read more... ) -
Tweets for the Week of 08-04-2014
- I'm losing track of days here. The only reason I know it's Monday is because my tech tells me. #HospitalTimeyWimey #CopingWithCancer 05:41:28, 2014-08-04
- [Blog] Stem Cell Transplant: Day 7 - Getting Rescued by My Stem Cells in an Hour http://t.co/sr2vOinHPY 10:00:25, 2014-08-04
- I'm getting my stem cells. I'm getting my stem cells! #CopingWithCancer ( Read more... )
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Stem cell transplant Day 12 (Day +5)
White counts have tanked to critical levels. Platelet counts are plummeting. (Needed a platelet transfusion last night.) GI tract is in a general state of rebellion and/or malaise. Food is an unpleasant chore that must be accomplished without an iota of joy or relish.
We’re heading full speed into the nadir of side effects hell. Going to be a few ( Read more... ) -
Stem Cell Transplant: Day 10 (Day +3)
On the side effects count:
- My white counts are beginning to tank, taking my blood pressure with it, so they hooked me back up to my IV stand and are giving me extra fluids. Sigh. It was nice not having to haul around an IV tree wherever I went-not that I go very far anyway, but still.
- GI tract is beginning to express some unhappiness. This is a ( Read more... )
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Stem Cell Transplant: Day 7 - Getting Rescued by My Stem Cells in an Hour
Been getting some pretty hefty IV drugs-Ativan, Zofran, Benadryl-to keep the nausea at bay. The meds have also been doing a good job of keeping me knocked out in a semblance of sleep, which leaves me sorta refreshed, although with a pervasive sense of brain fog. I hear that I needed to get a blood transfusion a night ago-two bags of red-but I ( Read more... )
