
My Bone Marrow Transplant: Finale, for Now
Where I return to old routines thanks to new medical progress. @connie3077 via Twenty20 Fifteen months ago I sat in my oncologist’s office as he

Bone Marrow Transplant: From Zero-Day to Happy Day (Today)
The Numbers Continue to Surprise and Pay Off! This BMT recovery thing really is a numbers game. They tell you everything. When I entered the

Bone Marrow Transplant: Progress
Better Numbers and a “Boost” @faaphoto via Twenty20 The Bone Marrow Transplant recovery process is a game of numbers involving blood’s basic components: White Blood

Three Months in the Hospital and Five Months of Assisted Living… when’s “Home Alone”?
I spent nearly three months in the hospital getting a bone marrow transplant for my blood disease, and have now spent five months post-hospital

Bone Marrow Transplant: I just don’t feel like writing.
But I’ll write to tell you why. Confused, Overwhelmed, or Just Tired? This Bone Marrow Transplant recovery thing has been going on for 7 months,

Two Faces Have I: Exorcism, Exercise and Engagement
Two Faces Have I: Exorcism, Exercise, and Engagement Part 2: Optimism When I finally broke out of funk, it was because I had hit a

Two Faces Have I (BMT, Drugs, and Despair)
Part 1: Fear Image by Toshiyuki IMAI Creative Commons The follow-up combo of steroids, drugs, anti-anxiety, sleep aids, and the regular medication left me a mess for

My Bone Marrow Transplant Zero-Day
And a Bad Reaction to Rabbit Blood! Thus came the big day, Day Zero on the transplant calendar. This is your day of rebirth (of

Chaos, Curiosity, and Caregivers
Things that were a pain, and a look at the role of the “Caregiver” A hospital room is chaotic. There are doctors, nurses, and aids

Complications: The Story of My Heart
What I learned about My Heart 50 years after a First Grade Incident Typical Pacemaker My first neighborhood was Washington Heights, New York City, When

Deciding Whether a Bone Marrow Transplant Was Worth it for Me
A study of Time, Trust and Team-building. A final haircut before admission and chemotherapy. Nearly 1 hour north of where I lived, in a standalone

Bone Marrow Transplants Aren’t Fun
But they can change your life. The author following a daily chemotherapy treatment prior to a bone marrow transplant. Head not yet shaved. Inthe fall