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I’ve added a page which explains how I came to be diagnosed with ALL. It seemed appropriate. My good friend Stephanie is participating in the Mooseman Triathlon, a 32 mile swim/bike/run, on June 5 (her birthday!) as a member of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s (LLS) Team In Training. She became involved after my diagnosis [ READ MORE ]

Withdrawal

One of the stranger symptoms I experienced from Leukemia before I began treatment was night sweats. I never really understood how or why my body would choose to sweat so profusely and only when I was trying to get some sleep. After my diagnosis I found out it’s a big red flag that can indicate blood [ READ MORE ]

IV Free!

No IVs baby! Now that I’ve given up the morphine I currently have no IV meds between a 10:00 pm dose of Meropenem and a 6:00 am dose of Doxycycline. I convinced my RN that the best way to keep me from yanking this catheter out of my neck in my sleep was to simply [ READ MORE ]

PCA

I had my patient controlled analgesia removed today. Mine came in the form of a constant morphine drip hooked up to the central line in my neck. Imagine a syringe the size of your forearm brimming with painkiller, the thing was a little intimidating. It would provide a constant background dose of morphine to keep [ READ MORE ]

Blood Products

For several days I’ve been lucky to be one of the uninteresting patients on the HEMONC unit, all my blood counts have been either stable or trending upwards and many of my symptoms / chemo side-effects have been clearing up. It’s been in every way a good thing but on some level it’s a little [ READ MORE ]

Day 28

So, I’ve started a blog. I’ve been blessed with a lift of the chemo fog over the past 24 hours or so and I’ve been itching for an outlet for my new found energy. For weeks I’ve been unable to focus long enough to enjoy a TV show – never mind pursue anything resembling productive [ READ MORE ]

My old view from 765 Feldberg at BIDMC


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