So my mouth feels better today than it did yesterday, which is odd. Theoretically things should be heading the other direction! Perhaps the Palifermin is rocking the suburbs of my GI tract, keeping things from getting out-of-hand.
Also: I got a blood transfusion today! My red blood cell count is lower than they’d like, so they …
You know what they don’t include in disaster movies? The rebuilding. The town gets destroyed by a giant monster, the heroes stop the monster, movie ends.
They never show the months of suffering that the family-owned convenience store goes through as they rebuild. Those kids who have a crater where a park used to live.
The TBI …
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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