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my healthy friend
step one of getting healthy day 1 of being admitted = being pumped up with bloody goodness, but also chemical horridness. I had one bag of blood (which is 1 litre) and I felt fantastic! For the first...
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blood counts! the important part.
“healthy cancer patient” blood results. the ideal numbers. some of you may be curious as to what is going on with my blood or what should be going on so I thought I’d give you as much of an explanation...
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busy, busy, busy
A + goodness friday’s are generally busy days on the ward because the consultants all get together and have a meeting with the nurses about the patients. And because Friday also happens to be my chemo...
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finally, me time
nice and clean it is currently 3:30pm and I haven’t long been out of the shower! Since I’ve been hooked up to blood and chemo all day, I’ve been lounging in my P.Js until about an hour ago, on my bed,...
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PICC post. *images may cause stomach churning*
lumens i finally got around to getting someone to take photos of my PICC line for you folk. I find it quite interesting so thought I would show you what it looks like and and share with you some of the...
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glucose meter says ‘lo’
zero means 0 steroids are bitches. I’m sure I’ve said this before. The specific reasons are as follows: #1 They make me hungry. They increase your appetite and eventually make you constantly think...
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world blood donor day & I’m gettin’ blood!
receiving a heroes blood yup. So today is World Blood Donor Day! I hope you’ve given blood, or at least know someone who has! A lot of you have been asking if there’s any point in you being tested to...
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new best friend / good news!
unwanted friend my bed has been my new unwanted best friend for the past two days. On Wednesday morning at 12am when the nurse came in I had another temperature; 39.8 this time, which was quite nice....
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the day 4016-6977-5 saved my life
yesterday was day 0, transplant day. And what a fairly uneventful day it was. I was physically admitted on Monday night in time for my second dose of GVHD suppressing ciclosporin. I had my first dose...
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it’s official
i went to my second gynaecologist appointment this morning. The first one was a few months ago and we just chatted about what the future would be like in terms of my womanly bits. I couple of weeks...
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