After a really long day of hospital visiting, we're back in the comforts of our home. The day began at the South Bend Clinic, at 7:30am where they administered the chemo through my port for the first 4 hours. Which, basically meant sitting there twiddling our thumbs all that time, while the IV ran its course. Thankfully the night before I uploaded most of my music to my iPhone, which made the time pass a little faster.
From there we went to St. Joe Med Center for a lumbar puncture with chemo. The doctors finished with me around 3pm, and then I was required to lay on my back, completely still for 2 hours afterwards to avoid any harsh side effects. So much of this treatment is really just waiting and waiting. We're constantly searching for things to do while we sit and wait.
Tomorrow I'm going to the Mishawaka Clinic for more chemo, but it's only for half the day. I will most likely be home by noon. So, it won't be nearly as intense as today was.
Earlier this evening I received a call from the University of Chicago to discuss some insurance issues and the nurse told me on the phone that they have 19 preliminary bone marrow matches for me! Now, these people are just preliminary matches so far, but that's good news and a good start nonetheless. So, it was nice to get some good news today.
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Monday, March 2, 2009
Day 40: One Day Down
After a really long day of hospital visiting, we're back in the comforts of our home. The day began at the South Bend Clinic, at 7:30am where they administered the chemo through my port for the first 4 hours. Which, basically meant sitting there twiddling our thumbs all that time, while the IV ran its course. Thankfully the night before I uploaded most of my music to my iPhone, which made the time pass a little faster.
From there we went to St. Joe Med Center for a lumbar puncture with chemo. The doctors finished with me around 3pm, and then I was required to lay on my back, completely still for 2 hours afterwards to avoid any harsh side effects. So much of this treatment is really just waiting and waiting. We're constantly searching for things to do while we sit and wait.
Tomorrow I'm going to the Mishawaka Clinic for more chemo, but it's only for half the day. I will most likely be home by noon. So, it won't be nearly as intense as today was.
Earlier this evening I received a call from the University of Chicago to discuss some insurance issues and the nurse told me on the phone that they have 19 preliminary bone marrow matches for me! Now, these people are just preliminary matches so far, but that's good news and a good start nonetheless. So, it was nice to get some good news today.
From there we went to St. Joe Med Center for a lumbar puncture with chemo. The doctors finished with me around 3pm, and then I was required to lay on my back, completely still for 2 hours afterwards to avoid any harsh side effects. So much of this treatment is really just waiting and waiting. We're constantly searching for things to do while we sit and wait.
Tomorrow I'm going to the Mishawaka Clinic for more chemo, but it's only for half the day. I will most likely be home by noon. So, it won't be nearly as intense as today was.
Earlier this evening I received a call from the University of Chicago to discuss some insurance issues and the nurse told me on the phone that they have 19 preliminary bone marrow matches for me! Now, these people are just preliminary matches so far, but that's good news and a good start nonetheless. So, it was nice to get some good news today.
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WOW! That is terrific news!! I am so sorry that you have to go through all of this chemo, but think of it as the calvary coming to your rescue just like in the old western movies! You have been so strong through all of this and soon it will be over! I received my tissue typing kit yesterday and sent it off this morning. It was extremely user friendly and only took about 10 minutes to do. Now I will be in the registry as well. I can only hope that I will be a match someday for someone who will need it. Keep up the great work so you can come back to work!!
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WOW! That is terrific news!! I am so sorry that you have to go through all of this chemo, but think of it as the calvary coming to your rescue just like in the old western movies! You have been so strong through all of this and soon it will be over! I received my tissue typing kit yesterday and sent it off this morning. It was extremely user friendly and only took about 10 minutes to do. Now I will be in the registry as well. I can only hope that I will be a match someday for someone who will need it. Keep up the great work so you can come back to work!!
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