Day -1 (minus one)

Well, here's a turn-up for the books. Jeanette is feeling pretty rotten tonight with a cold that has been threatening her for a few days and has now taken hold. She has asked me to update the Blog instead. I only have limited net access her, but here goes...

Had the nastiest one of the chemo potions today (Melphalan) which so far has gone well. Had a small period of feeling a bit sick late in the afternoon while Joel was visiting. Got rid of a pathetic little offering of a couple of teaspoons worth and felt OK again pretty much straight away. They gave me more anti nausea stuff via the IV just to make sure.

I sucked plenty of ice, before - during & after the infusion, which evidently helps reduce the severity of mouth ulcers often associated with this medication.

Tomorrow is Day Zero when I get the freshly thawed stem cells put back in. I'll tell you more once I've been there...done that. They just told me I can keep the bags as a souvenir if I want!

Sorry Michelle, no jokes tonight!

Cheers
Bruce