Another full day with more running around. Not as many appointments today, but these were longer.
| 8:15 | Class: Dietary instructions after transplant I'll have to avoid quite a few foods that could expose me to bacteria while I am engrafting (while my counts recover). This really is no different then each of my chemo treatments when my counts would bottom and recover. Not much here I was not already aware of. |
| 10:15 | Hematology Consultation. Turns out I got to visit with my Nurse Practitioner, Darci. They just wanted to check on me and visit about how things are going. This was a good chance to visit about what was coming up. Not a lot of new info here, but it was good to visit with one of the people that are core to my treatment. |
| 12:00 | Meeting with a research coordinator. Word is out on my awesomeness. So they want to include me in a research study. Just some paperwork to fill out occasionally. |
| 1:00 | Meeting with Psychologist. This one took a few hours. All bone marrow transplant recipients go through this. They are looking to see how I am coping with everything. I really did enjoy the opportunity to talk through everything. In the end, they came to the conclusion I don't have cancer. I am just nuts. The course of treatment is the same however... so we're going ahead with the transplant. |
| 3:15 | Lumbar Puncture. If you have followed my other posts, you know I had a bad experience with this last time. Terrible headaches. So I did the best I could to avoid this. Unfortunately, they insisted on sticking a needle in my back again. The procedure went pretty well. Everyone was aware of my reservations and prior experience. We'll find out tomorrow if the headaches happen again. I am pretty sore from the procedure. |
I still need to figure out the housing. I do know next week I will be inpatient for the chemo and radiation treatments. So Andy will be on her own for lodging. The transplant on the 4th will be outpatient. Guessing we'll have Andy in a hotel until I am out of the hospital and we secure extended stay housing.
I am back in the hotel relaxing as ordered so this lumbar punture doesn't casue issues.
Tomorrow is another full day.
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