Tag Archives: anemia

Life Just Cant’ Get Any Weirder For Me

Posted on January 31, 2017 by Robert I Baxter

What to do about a high ferritin level? How about a good old fashioned blood letting! Seriously…! Then I’ll hit the Roman Vomitorium for good measure… Continue reading →

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Until It Is Denied

Posted on December 8, 2016 by Robert I Baxter

People don’t know what they have until it is denied. My thoughts on this come out of two seasons of life where I was denied much due to cancer and chemotherapy. I have fought and defeated Burkitt’s lymphoma in 2008 (read … Continue reading →

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Day +5

Posted on November 15, 2014 by Robert I Baxter

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 →

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50 years

Posted on September 18, 2014 by Robert I Baxter

Fifty years. I made it by the Grace of God. My goal is to make 51 now. A noble goal for me! Continue reading →

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In the middle of it.

Posted on August 6, 2014 by Robert I Baxter

I am in the middle of the “nadir,” when I am at my lowest point…. Continue reading →

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