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		<title>127 days post transplant</title>
		<link>http://mypiccline.com/2010/07/24/127-days-post-transplant/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 16:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Sheehan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I thought about posting something here for awhile. A friend asked me what&#8217;s the delay, a lot of things I guess. Some of it was laziness and lethargy, some of it the insecurity that clings to all writing, but mostly it was doubt; doubting that the last four months could be done justice in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Update:Preparing for bone marrow transplant</title>
		<link>http://mypiccline.com/2010/02/26/updatepreparing-for-bone-marrow-transplant/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:35:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Sheehan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[bone marrow transplant]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been awhile since I offered an update of what&#8217;s going on with my health. Last time, I told you my bone marrow accomplished something. Turns out it wasn&#8217;t anything worth bragging about. Two days ago I moved cross country. Moved into an apartment complex that&#8217;s population is entirely made up of transplant patients and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Update: My bone marrow accomplishes something</title>
		<link>http://mypiccline.com/2010/01/04/updatemy-bone-marrow-accomplishes-something/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:40:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Sheehan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[accomplishments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bone marrow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[personal best]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[platelets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[red blood cells]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[waiting]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t done a personal update in awhile, mostly because constantly updating my own condition would quickly make this blog annoying. But also because there hasn&#8217;t been much news. The last few months haven&#8217;t been much but waiting to see if my bone marrow decides to work or not. As of now my counts haven&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Four weeks without RBCs and looking to fly</title>
		<link>http://mypiccline.com/2009/09/27/four-weeks-without-rbcs-and-looking-to-fly/</link>
		<comments>http://mypiccline.com/2009/09/27/four-weeks-without-rbcs-and-looking-to-fly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 23:23:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Sheehan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[red blood cells]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the first time since being told to leave work immediately and report to an emergency room, I have went four weeks without a red blood transfusion. My counts have not risen, but they have started to fall less rapidly. My doctor used the phrase &#8220;seem to have stabilized a little,&#8221; which to me means [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Update:crunch time&#8217; and my bone marrow is M.J.</title>
		<link>http://mypiccline.com/2009/09/05/updateapproaching-cruch-time-and-my-bone-marrow-is-m-j/</link>
		<comments>http://mypiccline.com/2009/09/05/updateapproaching-cruch-time-and-my-bone-marrow-is-m-j/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 18:04:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Sheehan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Aplastic anemia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ATG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ATG treatment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blood counts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bone marrow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immune system]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Jordan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Over the last two weeks I&#8217;ve received five transfusions total, three last week and two this week. At my most recent visit the doctor explained to me we&#8217;re approaching &#8220;crunch time,&#8221; if my body is responding to the ATG my blood counts should move closer to normal over the next few weeks. A basketball coach [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Subscribe to My PICC Line</title>
		<link>http://mypiccline.com/2009/08/28/subscribe-to-my-picc-line/</link>
		<comments>http://mypiccline.com/2009/08/28/subscribe-to-my-picc-line/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Wink</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You can now subscribe to have a digest of the day&#8217;s My PICC Line posts delivered to your e-mail account every night. Just click here, or , at any time, fill your e-mail address into the box on the sidebar at right. We won&#8217;t spam you, just our posts sent straight to your inbox, so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blood, platelets, fewer meds, less time in the clinic and bricks</title>
		<link>http://mypiccline.com/2009/08/23/blood-platelets-fewer-meds-less-time-in-the-clinic-and-bricks/</link>
		<comments>http://mypiccline.com/2009/08/23/blood-platelets-fewer-meds-less-time-in-the-clinic-and-bricks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 04:15:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Sheehan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Aplastic anemia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ATG treatment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Tuesday I received three transfusions&#8212;-two units of  platelets and one unit of red blood cells. It&#8217;s still too early to tell if the ATG is working.  The first round of treatment was 41 days ago, as mentioned before 120 days is generally when the doctors have an idea of the serum&#8217;s effectiveness. My days [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More platelets, no red blood cells needed and two stories</title>
		<link>http://mypiccline.com/2009/08/16/more-platelets-no-red-blood-cells-needed-and-two-stories/</link>
		<comments>http://mypiccline.com/2009/08/16/more-platelets-no-red-blood-cells-needed-and-two-stories/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:52:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Sheehan</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mypiccline.com/?p=583</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Only two platelet transfusions this week, I&#8217;ve now went two weeks without red blood cells&#8212;-the longest since this started on June 29. Two quick stories from last week. After looking over the tests I had last week I noticed my liver enzymes were high, really high. Shortly after the discovery, the doctor walked in for [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Transfusions, less pills and the new art show here at myPICCLine</title>
		<link>http://mypiccline.com/2009/08/08/transfusions-less-pills-and-the-new-art-show-here-at-mypiccline/</link>
		<comments>http://mypiccline.com/2009/08/08/transfusions-less-pills-and-the-new-art-show-here-at-mypiccline/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 21:05:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Sheehan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[D.McCarthy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week two transfusions total&#8212;one unit red blood cells, one unit platelets&#8212;both on Monday; rest of the week was clean. I&#8217;m 22 days post ATG treatment, another 100 (or so) days, according to the doctors, and we should start to have an idea of its efficacy. Three weeks ago I was taking 19 pills a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leaving my apartment</title>
		<link>http://mypiccline.com/2009/08/02/461/</link>
		<comments>http://mypiccline.com/2009/08/02/461/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 02:14:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Sheehan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Friday I moved the last of my things from my Weehawken, NJ apartment, just one of the necessary changes while in recovery mode. The day prior I needed two blood transfusions, platelets only. I keep trying to tell myself to be patient with all this, just feels sort of surreal the rate at which [...]]]></description>
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