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Roosta · 03-16-2008, 07:11 PM

I've had four rounds of chemo so far. All the lumpy bits have gone along with my hair. The last burst before my stem cell harvest was with a little machine that I had to wear on a neck strap pumping stuff in for 96 hours continuously. It feeds into a Hickman line in my chest. I dread one of my kids pulling on this thing one day. I had to give myself injections of GCSF every day for 10 days to boost clean stem cell production. The next stage is going in for some really bad chemo that will kill my bone marrow / stem cells completely over a seven day period. Then they will infuse my harvested cells back in. Hopefully, I won't get an infection that will put me in a box in the meantime.

03-16-2008, 07:11 PM	#96
Roosta Nutter. Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: England Posts: 221	I've had four rounds of chemo so far. All the lumpy bits have gone along with my hair. The last burst before my stem cell harvest was with a little machine that I had to wear on a neck strap pumping stuff in for 96 hours continuously. It feeds into a Hickman line in my chest. I dread one of my kids pulling on this thing one day. I had to give myself injections of GCSF every day for 10 days to boost clean stem cell production. The next stage is going in for some really bad chemo that will kill my bone marrow / stem cells completely over a seven day period. Then they will infuse my harvested cells back in. Hopefully, I won't get an infection that will put me in a box in the meantime. __________________ Back from the brink...