[10:52am]
Here's my counts:
WBC: 0.1 (0.1 yesterday)
Hematocrit: 29.2 (29.5 yesterday)
Platelets: 18,000 (32,000 yesterday)
Hemoglobin: 10.5 (10.5 yesterday)
So, I haven't entered the "recovery phase" yet. Basically, I've been told that once the WBC starts to go up, then I will have begun recovery and all my symptoms will begin to improve.
Naturally, I'm paying a lot of attention to when that day occurs -- I look forward to a reduction in "mouth pain." (The only other major symptom is the myriad of skin problems.)
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It was only a week ago that I had my stem-cell transplant -- for me, it seems like the time has flown by. I guess that's a darn good thing to feel -- that time flies in the BMT ward. Probably a bit unusual too...
Pre-transplant was a different story -- that was generally a pretty rough time (The ICU, the chemo, the nausea/vomiting). On the other hand, once I was moved into isolation (single room) things rapidly got much better. By then I was only concerned with skin problems and mouth pain. Once I began Fentanyl for mouth pain and religiously began applying skin care stuff, I found that I was no longer counting the days until departure... time was moving faster; I was enjoying myself.
I guess my point is that I have completely acclimated myself to my particular room in the BMT ward. I have an established routine For the time being, this is my new home. It is nice.
Monday, November 10, 2008
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3 comments:
Glad you're feeling settled - we're an amazingly adaptive species!!
Hopefully you'll aclimatize to the outside world again just as quickly :P
Sounds like you're doing brilliantly.....onwards and upwards (especially those WBCs!)........Vx
You must be feeling somewhat better, since yesterday the four of us played the adventure board game "Runebound" for almost 8 hours. That was fun. You were catching up to me there, at the end.
Glad to hear that you are feeling at ease with things. Every day seems to be a bit better than the last.
Just wait until those counts start climbing! Then there will be no stopping you Austin.
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