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Improvements

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 …

March 26, 2010 – 1:36 pm | By Tom | Posted in Treatment Phase | Tagged , , , | Comments (2)

A Collector’s Item

To be ready to collect stem cells the CD34+ cell concentration in one’s blood is supposed to be above 8 * 10^6/ml. If the concentration is too low, collecting a viable transplant amount will take too many sessions. And at 4-5 hours a session, fewer is better!
Back on the 9th (a Monday) my CD34+ concentration …

November 22, 2009 – 8:55 pm | By Tom | Posted in Treatment Phase | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (2)