June 3,2006ABSCT SCRAPBOOK
Here are a few
photos of my journey this spring/summer.
Click on the thumbnail for a very large rendition of the shot.
Three years of hair growth. It was
long. Bye bye.
June 3,2006
Jesse wanted to see me with a
Mohawk.
Why not? Besides, the electric shaver ran out of gas. June 3
Some cards from some of you.
Thank you so much. You really did make a difference!
Recovery from CVC line insertion. A
bit drugged.
May 24
''Nurse'
Betty administering Neupogen (G-CSF) by subcutaneous fat injection.
May 25
Chest X-Ray. You can see where the
CVC line runs internally.
June 18
Receiving
Cyclophosphamide
mobilization chemotherapy by IV.
June 8
Apheresis day. (1) IV hook up for
apheresis.
(2) Apheresis machine.
(3) Stem cell collection.
(4) First bag of stems cells. 26 million. Not a bad start.
June 20.
'Mission Central'. Man, I'm glad
I could bring my PC in. And be online!
July 5
The ever-present IV pump.
July 6
'ReBirthday'. The liquid nitrogen tank used to freeze and store my 224 million
blood stem cells. July 7
In they go. Instantly I started to
get a reaction to the DMSO preservative. Not pretty. Whoever said birth was
easy?
Some nice visits.
There were others.
Some fresh air in the sun.
Ahhhhhh.
July 8
Cardiac Intensive Care Unit. The
hardest to handle of my hospital stay.
July 16 - 20
Home! My first 'day pass'.
July 23, Day +16
Home at last!! Sporting my 'cool
sox' , support stockings for my tree trunk, edemic legs.
July 25, 2006
