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Category Archives: cell
Trying Again
Big day for me today. I’m returning to work (again) for the second time. I initially went back on September 8th, after having been off from June 2014 for chemo and a stem cell transplant. My initial return to work lasted 5 weeks before illness set in. Continue reading
Posted in burkitts, cancer, cell, chemotherapy, healing, health, lymphoma, marrow, recovery, stem cell transplant, Uncategorized
Tagged bills, common cold, finances, IgG, medical, part time, pneumonia, return to work, thanksgiving
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Mediport Removal
I have posted two new videos to my video channel on YouTube. You can get to them by clicking on the following: Www.kraftsims.com One video is a general update put out on 7-2-2015 and the other is about the Mediport … Continue reading
Surgical Consult
I met Wednesday with a surgeon who specializes in oncologic procedures. He studied the images takes of my neck and touched around on the nodule really good. He is concerned about the lymph gland being physically adhered to the artery … Continue reading
Breaking Cancer
I noticed a little resemblance [to Walter White]. Just the image, I’m building no empire thank goodness, too much work and the cost is too high. I ordered a cheesy pork pie wool hat and had glasses that worked. I wanted to make some kind of Breaking Cancer skit, but I’m just not that creative.
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Home again home again
I came home Sunday. It feels so good to be home. I have rested a lot, slept a lot, and eaten a meal or two. I had an appointment today with my transplant doctor and everything is going well. My … Continue reading
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Going home: day +12
Today is Sunday, November 23, 2014. After spending 20 days in the hospital for a stem cell transplant where I received my own stem cells, I am finally going to go home. It has been a battle that has included … Continue reading
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Day +5
The next few days should prove to be interesting. I was told day +6 through day +12 are some of the hardest due to engraftment. Engraftment is where the stem cells take up residence where they belong (bone marrow) and start populating and regrowing (it has been dead now for a few days). Continue reading
Weak and Transfused
Today is day +2. I found myself able to move to the restroom, then to the couch. That was about it. No more strength. Profoundly weak and short of breath. My hemoglobin was 7.8, neutrophils are gone completely, white blood cell count was something like 0.1, platelets were around 50 or above. Continue reading
Posted in bone, burkitts, cancer, cell, chemotherapy, healing, hodgkins, lymphoma, marrow, non, stem, transplant
Tagged 50th, activites, blood, chg, daily, transfusion, wipes
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Chewing Ice
Today is day -2. I will receive my final dose of chemotherapy, it is called melphalan. I am on a seven day countdown, with day zero being the day I receive my stem cells back into my body. Melphalan usually … Continue reading
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Brothers in the Battle
You don’t have to have met someone to feel a connection. Pen pals in the past, using the time tested snail mail, were able to sense a camaraderie and feel connected. Men who never knew each other one day, could … Continue reading
Walking Through This Together 