Monthly Archives: July 2012

Stem Cell Transplant – Day 5

The stem cell harvest went according to plan; Ed and I left Vancouver for Penticton on July 11 and expected to remain there until the scheduled stem cell transplant on August 9.  However that was not meant to be….. The very next day, on Thursday, July 12, at 10:00 in the morning, the day after [...]

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Next Phase: Step 1 -Stem Cell Harvest

My multiple myeloma cancer treatments are now in the next phase: the chemo is finished and I am undergoing an autologous stem cell transplant, which means my own stem cells are used for the procedure. The transplant is actually a two-step procedure: Step 1 involves a week long process culminating in the stem cell harvest, [...]

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