My PICC Line

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

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Entries Tagged ‘horse serum’

Out of the hospital and happy about it…

Jul.18, 2009 in Updates

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 [...]

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Four days of horse serum

Jul.15, 2009 in Personal

I started a new treatment on Tueday, July 14th at 2:30am,  the same treatment a reader addressed last week, below is a snippet of her comment. I have aplastic anemia, but am 4 yrs in “remission” after ATG & Cyclosporin treatment. My sister is a bone marrow match, but the immunosuppressive therapy worked for me. Diagnosed at 16, [...]

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I'm Matt Sheehan. In July 2009, I learned that I was suffering from the blood disease aplastic anemia. What exactly caused it I may never know. What I do know is that for the next few years, I will endure thousands of hospital hours and the bureaucracy and confusion of the U.S. health care industry. I'd like to share my experiences. Please come back often.

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