Erika's Treatment Update -- Week 6
Hi all!
Well I made it through the weekend without a visit to Stanford - hurray!
Last Thursday I went in for my radiation measurements and received two new tattoos on my hips. I was supposed to get four, however they were able to use one of my old one's from past radiation treatment and to my surprise my old belly button ring scar lined up perfectly to make the fourth one! I also found out on Thursday that my donor is a 53 year old female with no allergies. The no allergies thing is good, because if she had any I would eventually get them also. I'm still hoping to find out where she's from. She has also passed all her tests and has consented to a transplant date of August 6th, yupee!
Yesterday was a full day of tests at Stanford, as well as most of the rest of this week. Today I went in for the placement of my Hickman catheter. I arrived at 7:30am for a platelet tranfusion, went into surgery around 1pm, had a blood tranfusion afterwards, and finally got to go home around 6pm. The surgery went well, however I'm completely exhausted and have to be back at 7am tomorrow for another blood tranfusion and a CT/PET scan to re-stage my disease before transplant. I'll have Friday and Saturday off and then I will be admitted as an inpatient Sunday evening. I'll make sure to post directions to the hospital and the area where I'll be staying for those of you that would like to visit.
Well that's it for this week...not sure if you all caught the Tour de France today, but Lance is in 1st place and wearing the yellow jersey!!! Hurray!! It seems like everyone I see these days is wearing his wristband. Hope you're all enjoying yours.
Love always,
Erika
Well I made it through the weekend without a visit to Stanford - hurray!
Last Thursday I went in for my radiation measurements and received two new tattoos on my hips. I was supposed to get four, however they were able to use one of my old one's from past radiation treatment and to my surprise my old belly button ring scar lined up perfectly to make the fourth one! I also found out on Thursday that my donor is a 53 year old female with no allergies. The no allergies thing is good, because if she had any I would eventually get them also. I'm still hoping to find out where she's from. She has also passed all her tests and has consented to a transplant date of August 6th, yupee!
Yesterday was a full day of tests at Stanford, as well as most of the rest of this week. Today I went in for the placement of my Hickman catheter. I arrived at 7:30am for a platelet tranfusion, went into surgery around 1pm, had a blood tranfusion afterwards, and finally got to go home around 6pm. The surgery went well, however I'm completely exhausted and have to be back at 7am tomorrow for another blood tranfusion and a CT/PET scan to re-stage my disease before transplant. I'll have Friday and Saturday off and then I will be admitted as an inpatient Sunday evening. I'll make sure to post directions to the hospital and the area where I'll be staying for those of you that would like to visit.
Well that's it for this week...not sure if you all caught the Tour de France today, but Lance is in 1st place and wearing the yellow jersey!!! Hurray!! It seems like everyone I see these days is wearing his wristband. Hope you're all enjoying yours.
Love always,
Erika
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