I got back from Indianapolis yesterday after meeting another doctor on the bone marrow team and touring the facility. (And, of course, getting my local dial-up password so I can still get to my email.) Here's the schedule:
| May 20 | May 21 | May 22 | May 23 | May 24 Begin the three day superchemo marathon |
May 25 Continue superchemo marathon |
May 26 Continue superchemo marathon Get to go home today |
| May 27 | May 28 | May 29 | May 30 blood counts checked |
May 31 | June 1 blood counts checked |
June 2 |
| June 3 | June 4 Stem cells collected |
June 5 Stem cells collected? |
June 6 Stem cells collected? |
June 7 | June 8 | June 9 |
| June 10 | June 11 | June 12 | June 13 | June 14 | June 15 | June 16 |
| June17 | June 18 | June 19 Admitted to the hospital for the transplant procedure |
June 20 transplant procedure |
June 21 transplant procedure |
June 22 transplant procedure |
June 23 transplant procedure |
| June 24 transplant procedure |
June 25 transplant procedure |
June 26 transplant procedure |
June 27 transplant procedure |
June 28 transplant procedure |
June 29 transplant procedure |
June 30 transplant procedure |
| July 1 transplant procedure |
July 2 transplant procedure |
July 3 transplant procedure |
July 4 transplant procedure |
July 5 transplant procedure |
July 6 transplant procedure |
July 7 transplant procedure |
| July 8 | July 9 | July 10 | July 11 | July 12 | July 13 | July 14 |
So, I drove to Indianapolis yesterday and talked to my doctor, got my schedule and toured the facility. First a nurse explained that I'll be part of a study. We're not actually doing anything experimental, they're mostly just tracking the progress of this procedure. The funny thing is that the dose of chemo that they give me during the first few days of the transplant kills off your existing bone marrow. Well, the nurse was explaining how I could pull out of the treatment at any time; however, pulling out after that dose of chemo might lead to bad things. *grin* Well, duh, that round of chemo kills your bone marrow and if you don't get the marrow transplanted, you're really up a creek!
Then I saw the doctor and we chatted about my history, verified stuff and he did a quick physical exam. Then we talked about medicating me for the ADHD (trust me, you do not want to see me hyper, bored and penned up). I asked about going back to work in the fall. Being an educator, I have this nice built-in sick time during the summer and was (uh-oh, notice the tense, you can tell where this is heading) going to go back to teaching in the fall.
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