Thursday, January 27, 2011
Upcoming SCT
I went to Karmanos for a meeting with Dr Ayash and her staff. I will be having a PICC line inserted in my arm on Feb 15th. They don't want to use my mediport to infuse by stem cells plus I will be using more than 1 line anyways. On Feb 16 I will receive a high dose of chemo to wipe out all the remaining myeloma cells in my blood. This will also knock out my immune system. Feb 17th I go back for IV fluids and then on Feb 18th I get admitted to Karmanos and get my stem cells, which I harvested in April 2006 infused. I will be in the hospital for approximately 2weeks or until my wbc's get back to normal range. I will be allowed visitors who will have to wear a mask to enter my room. I can even have over night guests if I want : ) My next goal is to get my haircut really short before I go in and it all falls out.
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Will be praying and intending for the SCT to go well and for your health to improve.
There once was a woman who woke up one morning, looked in the mirror and noticed she only had three hairs on her head. “Well” she said, “I think I’ll braid my hair today”. So she did and she had a wonderful day.
The next day she woke up, looked in the mirror and saw that she had only two hairs on her head. “Well” she said, “I think I’ll part my hair down the middle today.” So she did and she had a grand day.
The next day she woke up, looked in the mirror and noticed that she had only one hair on her head. “Hmmm”, she said, “today I’m going to wear my hair in a pony tail”.
The next day she woke up, looked in the mirror and noticed there wasn’t a single hair on her head. “Yes!” she exclaimed, “I don’t have to fix my hair today!!!” : )
I've always had stick straight hair....it grew back like fuzz....though it's now straight again. You WILL get through it all. :)
We are all praying for you. You are on our prayer chain at Wellspring as well. We know that you are going to get through this and will live a long life. After all, you have too much left to do.. :-)
First I had fun and put blue, purple and magenta streaks in it. Then I cut it short. Finally, when it started to fall out in earnest, I had my Dad buzz it down to a half inch.
I have been through the harvest & Monday I check in to NEMC for the transplant.
Good luck!
@Shirley - Love your story.
Thanks for posting on the listserve. "My" patient is right behind you, headed toward induction therapy with dex/velcade for his SCT, cells harvested a little over a year ago. Also suffering repeated stress fractures of spine and complications of the plasmacytoma that blasted out his L-5 vertebra. We are hanging in there.
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