... and on a monday too!
So today it was all about collecting some stem cells ( if there are any!) from my blood, and I had to be at the Marsden first thing.... Well the two possible outcomes I had been told about were :
1) You will have no stem cells .... in which case we will talk to you about plan "B" ... (whatever that is!)
2) That there are some stem cells and we will collect them over the next three days, until we have enough for your transplant.
So the the first thing the nurses did was a blood test to see about the stem cell count.... and because that takes a couple of hours for the results I went to a meeting about preparing for the transplant. I was also shown around the rooms on the ward, and there was one which was like a small living room.... for the patients ... which will make a nice change to being stuck in my room.
Anyway... back later for the results and they were all very pleased as my cell count was 45! ..( thats quite high apparently!) ... so immediately hooked up to the machine you can see... all very painless ... and I sat chatting to my nurse Amy for the next three and a half hours while the machine did its stuff. She checked its progress continually.... and at the end made me a cup of tea... sent me home to ring in at 5.30 for the results of how many cells they had collected that day.
So .... later when I phoned I am pleased to let you know that they have collected all the cells they need for the transplant today....at the first "sitting".... an outcome they hadn't told me about ... and so Im not going back tomorrow! .... so a good day ... and a great outcome!
5 comments:
je n'arrive pas à te laisser de message je crois pourtantj'essaie presque tous les jours. je craque,au secours. Tant mieux pour les good news
ah là cela à l'air d'avoir fonctionné. BOn je suis très heureuse de pouvoir te suivre dans l'évolution de tes soins et je vois que cela va plutôt bien. Tant mieux sincèrement. Bisous et à bientôt.
ca marche ma belle...deux messages ce soir...mille fois merci...oui, je suis bien contente...ils ont recueilli beaucoup plus de cellules que necessaire...et en une seule journee! Que ca continue ainsi!Bises a tous.
What a good candidate you are, - the model patient! All the signs are good for a successful treatment and a road to recovery that is not going to be too difficult. Keeping everything crossed.
je suis d'accord avec clodinette, au secours. cela fait 3 fois que je me réinscris à ton blog car j'ai oublié mon password et après il ne me reconnaisse plus.
voilà Jules j'ai changé mon nom, je suis bien Aggie. cela fait tellement longtemps que personne m'a appelée comme ça, cela me fait bien plaisir.
je suis très heureuse des nouvelles et de tes 45 cellules. génial, tu es une patiente modèle -continues comme cela.!!
je t'envoie tout le soleil de la Bourgogne qui brille aujourdh'ui
Enormes bisous
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