Last Thursday was a long day. Left for the clinic at 8 a.m, returned at 7p.m. Received three transfusions, bringing the total to 17 in the last 24 days. My apologies for the lack of updates all weekend—I was out celebrating with my newly acquired blood.
Heading back to the Clinic tomorrow at 9am. Thanks to all, past, present [...]
Good news, no transfusions today. Walked into the clinic at 9am, out by 11am. If you know anything about a doctor’s visit thats quick. Real quick. My doc says the horse serum is circulating through my body and apparently my body detests it, but with the meds I’m taking severe discomfort has been averted thus far.
I had [...]
I’m home.
ATG/horse serum completed, moving onto the next chapter. The doctors tell me we’ll have a good idea if the immunosupressive treatment is working in 120 days from first day of treatment, Tuesday, July 14.
Fours days down 116 to go…
Take home message from five days in a hospital: Confinement sucks, never stop appreciating the simple [...]
Just finished up a third round of ATG treatment at 8 a.m., no reactions, one more to go…
For reasons I cannot justifiy I haven’t done this yet, but thank you to everyone. For the cards, e-mails, letters, cheek swabs, cookies, blood donations, drop-in visits and everything else I’m forgetting. Your altruism continues to inspire and sustain me throughout [...]
Undergoing a platelet transfusion as we speak, my thirteenth transfusion in the last two weeks….I owe all you blood donors a beer.
-MCS
For the last three days we’ve been experiencing some technical difficulties here at www.mypiccline.com, I received quite a few e-mails saying the HOME page would not load, all the while the administrative/writing end was having its own issues. After consulting with a few media experts (I’m a newbie to all this) most of the problems have diminished, although some readers may still experience difficulty [...]
Just returned from the clinic, found out my brother is not a match. I would be lying if I said I wasn’t disapointed, but in a weird way it’s a relief to know, one way or the other. I am moving ahead with another treatment plan, scheduled to start next week.
Today was jammed packed with insurance [...]
Today, the New Jersey Herald, my hometown paper, ran a story on me. Here it is.
This afternoon I am scheduled to consult the transplant doctor for the first time, I should know if my brother is a match within the next few days. The goal for today is to avoid a blood transfusion, with every transfusion comes the [...]
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