Today is “day zero”. A few hours ago a woman arrived with some serious refrigeration hardware that contained two little sacks of blood, and in that blood, stem cells.
The nurse prepared me by giving me really large amounts of Benadryl and Zofran to try and keep me from getting nauseated during the actual process. The …
The side effects of the Etoposide were pretty reasonable, and seemingly short-lived. The one that remains most in muly mind was a feeling of slight inebbriation.
The side effects of the Cytoxan, and at this high of a dose, have been memorable. Diahrrea. Vomiting. Simultaneously. At least four episodes in the middle of the night. My …
And as the first three methotrexate treatments went, so did the fourth. Once more I checked into the hospital on a Monday and then checked out on Thursday.
This time I wanted to do everything I could to avoid suffering through the joint pain on Saturday morning. My lizard brain considered trying to stay in the …
February 25, 2010 – 11:52 am
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By Tom
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Posted in Treatment Phase
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Tagged autologous stem cell transplant, bone marrow, central nervous system, conditioning, high-dose methotrexate, legs, lizard brain, methotrexate, pain, scca, stem cell collection, stem cells
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It has been a crazy last two days. Crazy in the sense that they were more than expected.
First, we got some good news: the CT scan after my fourth round was mostly unchanged from after my second round, so we’re calling this a “complete response after two cycles” and that the disease has remained stable …
October 15, 2009 – 10:23 pm
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By Tom
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Posted in Treatment Phase
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Tagged anxiety, apheresis, autologous stem cell transplant, bells palsy, bone pain, cat scan, cerebrospinal fluid, chemotherapy, colony stimulating factor, complete response, dr norman, filgrastim, lumbar puncture, mri, neupogen, pain, seattle cancer care alliance, stable disease, stem cells
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