We’re getting closer and closer to starting the stem-cell transplant conditioning. Last week we did an LP and an MRI to make sure my CSF was A-OK. Tests were negative, which is a positive sign.
March 7, 2010 – 8:02 pm
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By Tom
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Posted in Treatment Phase
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Tagged autologous stem cell transplant, cerebrospinal fluid, conditioning, cranial radiation, csf, cyclophosphamide, cytoxan, dr chamberlain, dr kane, dr taylor, etoposide, lumbar puncture, methotrexate, microscopic disease, mri, neuro-oncologist, palifermin, tbi, total-body irradiation
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Starting last Wednesday we’ve been visiting the SCCA every single weekday. Well, I had last Friday off. But every other single weekday!
One thing that was quickly clarified: we had in mind that the heart of the process would take 90 days. Bzzt! Wrong! That’s for allogeneic transplants, where the donor and the recipient are not the …
March 2, 2010 – 11:30 am
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By Tom
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Posted in Treatment Phase
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Tagged allogeneic stem cell transplant, autologous stem cell transplant, bone marrow biopsy, cranial radiation, diffuse large b-cell, diffuse large b-cell lymphoma, follicular, indolent, indolent lymphoma, mri, pet scan, scca
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