My PICC Line

My personal journey, with aplastic anemia, through the healthcare industry

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Entries Tagged ‘donor’

Update:Preparing for bone marrow transplant

It’s been awhile since I offered an update of what’s going on with my health. Last time, I told you my bone marrow accomplished something. Turns out it wasn’t anything worth bragging about.
Two days ago I moved cross country. Moved into an apartment complex that’s population is entirely made up of transplant patients and their [...]

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Reader’s Questions: Tracking your kit

Many of my friends and family members have joined the national bone marrow registry since all this happened. Some were motivated by the global impact of the gesture, others were hoping to help me in particular; either way the act is noteworthy. I’m going to hop up on the soap box here for a second. [...]

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A case of anger

I hate to bring up the past, but here’s a story. Three weeks ago, before I knew my brother was not a match, before I underwent the ATG treatment, I met with the bone marrow  transplant team. Standard procedure. Thought being, if my brother is a match we have all the semantics out of the [...]

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The Emergency Room, transfusions and blood donors

I dont know if it was the severity of my condition, or the fact that my mother is good friends with a big cheese at the hospital, but I didn’t sit in the little waiting room out side the ER for more than 10 minutes. I was on a stretcher, IV’s were inserted at my wrist [...]

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