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Signs of engraftment?
Hi all, We had the good news today (16 days after the transplant) that Roger is starting to produce small numbers of white blood cells and neutrophils (the kind of WBCs most important for fighting inf… more →
Lifegraft: Notes on a Stem Cell Transplant
What is a bone marrow transplant?
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wrote 7 months ago: Below, you can read a sort of reportage of my own experience of a bone marrow transplant. I underwen … more →
Day 51 Update
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wrote 1 year ago: This was going to be the day 50 update but its taken me so long to write it that we’ve got eve … more →
Signs of engraftment?
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wrote 1 year ago: Hi all, We had the good news today (16 days after the transplant) that Roger is starting to produce … more →
Day +12: Resting
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wrote 1 year ago: (from Lisa) Hi Everybody, Things are fine here — the tests done over the past few days to chec … more →
Managing Mucositis--three days post transplant
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wrote 1 year ago: (Update from Lisa) Roger’s mucositis has worsened since we last wrote. At first, he says, it … more →
Unique Chap
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wrote 1 year ago: As you might be aware from chatting with us and some of the earlier posts Rhys is a fairly rare char … more →
Total Body Irradiation
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wrote 1 year ago: It’s Saturday evening in Seattle. I’m three-quarters of the way through my course of to … more →
Here we go
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wrote 1 year ago: It’s Monday evening in Seattle, the skies are clearing after a long rainy spell, and I’m … more →
Delayed by a Cold Virus
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wrote 1 year ago: So, all systems were go until last Friday afternoon when I felt the onset of some very mild hay feve … more →
Transplant Schedule Firming Up
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wrote 1 year ago: Barring any unanticipated delays, I’ll start the conditioning regimen for my myeloablative ste … more →
The Months Ahead
wrote 1 year ago: Following our chat with Rhys’ consultant in Bristol on Monday here is our understanding of the … more →
Transplant days -3, -2: Total Body Irradiation (TBI)
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wrote 2 years ago: I think my anxiety leading up to this procedure was probably disproportionate to what the actual exp … more →
