Sunday, January 24th, 2010
The Friday after my first high-dose methotrexate was New Years Eve. We partied with some friends in Wallingford, and then the group walked to Gasworks Park to watch the fireworks at the Space Needle. My legs were absolutely exhausted by the walk to and back. They were not happy at all. The next morning the [...]
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Also tagged arthralgia, autologous stem cell transplant, depocyt, dr norman, intrathecal, legs, methotrexate, mri, pain, percocet, scca
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Friday, January 8th, 2010
Hey there, long time no see! The last month has been a roller-coaster, full of ups and downs. In that order.
This is going to be really long. Check with your stomach first: is it growling? Grab a snack before starting to read. I care about your comfort!
At the beginning of December we did a bunch [...]
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Also tagged antibiotics, bells palsy, cat scan, cerebrospinal fluid, charing cross hospital, chelsea and westminster hospital, codeine, complete remission, ct scan, cytarabine, depocyt, dilaudid, diplopia, disphagia, dr feldman, dr norman, dr taylor, ear infection, fentanyl patch, group health, guys and st thomas hospital, heathrow airport, heparin, hospital hotel dieu, intrathecal chemotherapy, lumbar puncture, methotrexate, mri, myasthenia gravis, neurological symptoms, pain, permanent remission, pet scan, ptosis, victory lap, virginia mason
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Sunday, November 22nd, 2009
The victory of the stem cell collection marked the end of needing to give myself the Neupogen shots each night, which is nice. But since then I’ve been dealing with a really annoying headache. Actually the headaches started during the week just before the collection; splitting headaches that couldn’t be extinguished laying down.
I tried taking [...]
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Also tagged apheresis, dilaudid, dr norman, filgrastim, glucosteroid, headache, hearing loss, intrathecal chemotherapy, methotrexate, neupogen, pain, percocet, tinnitus
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