So, it's before the second round of chemo actually starts. I've left out some of the most important parts of this story. I've decided that this page will simply list some journal type entries from various aspects/times of treatment.
I originally was going to publish these pages on my regular website. But that space is given to me from my work -- since I got a little carried away with a few pages -- some of the material might be considered a bit much for my university. I felt that some people would take offense that my place of work didn't help out more, especially given their reputation for being a family and for humanitarian works. Since I not only like my job, but I need it for the insurance now, I decided not to publish anything there that might come back to haunt me. I've erased all mention of the school I attended, where I'm currently residing and where I now work. I can't afford to lose this job if someone were to read my website and then say, hey, why didn't X do something to help this person out?
I'm paranoid, in other words. So, below, you'll find some more details that I thought I would edit out until I realized that I couldn't edit everything out that would make it publishable at work.
The Transplant!
The bone marrow
transplant
Boy, if this was a novel, it'd be an anti-climax and everyone
would whine that "it never happens this way in real life."
I suppose this just proves that fact is stranger than fiction after
all.
If you are going to have a bone marrow transplant, this should give
you some hope. I know that all the personal experiences I read about
these transplants made it sound horrible, but I had an easy time of
it.
The Missing Pieces
(and updates as they happen and I have time to update)
My partner
You'll notice that mention of any support network is sliced neatly out
of the main pages. Here you can see that I do (and did) have a support
network in place. But it was a little iffy to mention this if I was
going to publish these pages on my work site. (Hence, shifting it to
Geocities instead.)
My work
A bit of generalities explaining some about where I work and what I
do. Like, how can I go through chemo and still work? How come I can
skip a day to do chemo and not worry about making up classes.
Some
favorite people who deserve mention
One of my nurses (Hi, Cindy!) mentioned that I didn't name any of the
nurses that have been helping me. I realized that I really do need a
page listing all of those who have been wonderful to me all through
this. So, here's the nifty people page!
:)
Hey, Cindy, are ya happy now????
;)
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