Stem Cell Transplant ( Sct )

[Deleted member 12723]

Deb you are in my prayers. I hope things smooth out for you very soon. Hugs.

 

[Deleted member 6617]

drink more fluids and use salt on his food to help.

Her daughter is a nurse and that is what she told her to do too. :tup:

 

[Britt.f7]

That's what I have to do. I am supposed to drink gatorade too. Kind of interesting that I spent most of my life avoiding salt because I worried about my heart health, only to have to use more of it. I know it is probably evil, but I enjoy using it around my sister and brother in law because they are such fitness nuts in an obnoxious way. :rolleyes:

I hope that helps her!

 

[Froggie]

Keeping ((((Deb)))) in my prayers, candle burning for her and her battle to gain health.

 

[anni]

Note to self: Send Froggie candles in gratitude for allllllll the prayers and the bonfires she's kept lit on our behalf here over the years. Those things are getting expensive.....

Also note to self: Let others keep candles lit, I'll burn the d*m house down.

Flameless prayers to ITL, and ones of great gratitude for the battles behind her now. Cancer corpses strewn in her path, she's still swinging.

 

[intothelight]

It has been exactly one year since I received a cancer diagnosis. Of course the initial diagnosis didn't tell me what kind or at what stage, just that I had it on my spine. Don't remember a whole lot about that day, just what I was initially told and then walking out of the ER, broken back and all.

So know I am on the road to recovery and what I am hoping is a long remission. Seems the blood pressure battle isn't uncommon for a transplant, and since I run low any way, not to be unexpected. It's a lot better today and I am not dizzy or nauseous. Definitely need to keep plenty of water and food down as I have a lot to replace.

The other part of this is to focus on what I have. This procedure could have been so much worse. I have been so fortunate to really have experienced very little problems. Plus, I am so fortunate to have been physically strong enough to have the transplant and fortunate enough to have it covered by my insurance.

The other plus of all this is knowing this is my second chance. It has changed so much of my perspective, and although the circumstances suck, it is still a second chance to live what life I have left as I want and just as the person I am. Can't explain how freeing that really is.

 

[Deleted member 12723]

(((Deb))) I am so happy that your spirits are up. You sound so good and I celebrate that. I am glad for you that all your bases are covered. I appreciate your grace and love of life. You are an amazing woman. Hugs and prayers for you and yours as always. I am so happy for you. You are very brave and couragous for going through this. I admire you greatly. I am humbled by your graciousness in all of this you are going through.

 

[Whitneys story]

Goosebumps of excitement! Watching medical miracles is something special!

ITL, Just let your body be your guide and rest when needed. Hugs, Whitney

 

[amethist]

Glad your back with us Deb.

The trick now is to look forward and not backwards.

 

[Britt.f7]

I think having an illness, especially a life threatening one really does change your outlook on life. I know when my health took a bad turn, my attitude at work changed. I became less likely to put up with the crap there and people's poor attitudes. It is really freeing when you experience that and you let a lot go.

Here's raising a glass to you for your quick recovery and many years of remission!

 

[Froggie]

@ Britt.f7 : oh how true what you mentionned. There are a lot of things that I don't put up with anymore.

 

[anni]

Freeing, isn't it? Also wierd, the realization that one can pretty much say/do/think/feel whatever the heck we want to- still be nice people, still dismiss all the 'thems' out there who do not wish us well.

Funny, the more limited you became by your disease, ITL, seems the less limited in your perspectives over the past year- freed yourself from an awful, awful lot. Now that your body is catching up, well, WHOA, going to get interesting in a big hurry.

Have to think about this perspective, new thought. Here, am getting more and more 'limited' long story. Wierdly, all it's doing is making it more likely I'll haul off and speak even more truths, not become intimidated. It's like sheer LIGHT, whether physical healing or in some other, intangible form, cannot be subverted but finds it's own way to shatter the darkness. Fascinating.