My re-birthday was yesterday. 31st August. What a perfect way to end the month. Although the transplant procedure itself was very straightforward - a couple of syringes of stem cells, straight to the heart - it still felt special to me.
My blood counts are sinking rapidly, so my doctor mentioned that the isolation period with zero immunity would begin tomorrow. No fresh fruit or vegetables for me. Not that I'm actually eating anything else than porridge for now. My stomach is completely destroyed. The five-day chemo did some considerable damage there. And it hurts like hell. As of today they've also decided to hook me on a sugar+salt IV drop, just to make sure that I do get some nutrition.
Well, I'm off to fade into the world of mindless daytime TV. Have a good one everyone!
Phew. Well I'm glad we had all the sushi a few weeks ago. Try not to watch anything too depressing (like Finnish sportsmen in Daegu...) and hope to see you soon!
ReplyDeleteNo voi hitto. Mä ajattelin että huonoimmat meiningit olis jo takana... Voimia aina vaan sinne!
ReplyDeleteCome September!!!
ReplyDeleteLau! I know, yesterday was a very special day. And today is also a special day: it's day +1!
Thank you for taking the strength and time to update me/us through your blog. Miss you so!
Besitos...
Hyvää kolmatta revanssisyntymispäivää :) Toivottavasti päivä on hyvä, vaikkakin rankkaa on...
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well done laura! youre getting there! just another week of feeling crap then it'll just be sitting around waiting for your counts to come up then home home home!
ReplyDeletei'm with you on the stomach thing, i only ate 3 mouthfuls of cereal a day for ages. tummy and mouth were totally wrecked. much love to you!
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Hejaa, hejaaa! Snaaart är det förbi. Roligt att du orkar uppdatera här. Kram :)
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