Well I've had my first couple of days of the conditioning period (the 11 days prior to the transplant that'l wipe out my own immune system), just the CNS boosts so far which have been pretty straight forward. They're just short blasts of radiation to my head, they mould this piece of plastic with loads of holes in it around my face and than strap it to the bed to keep me in place and mark certain sections.
Side effects have been pretty manageable, headaches, tiredness, my jaw's starting to get a bit sore but then I've only got two more of the boosts then I'm done.
By the sounds of it the weekends going to be pretty epic, I've got the cyclophosphamide, campath and hydration so I'm going to be hooked up to a drip for about 3 days straight really. It doesn't sound like I'll get much sleep but I've got monday to look forward to as a bit of a rest day before the TBI starts.
So far so good really.
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How is it going? I missed this post! It must be just about 2 days until the actual transplant itself?
How are you feeling? Fingers crossed that all the side effects are under control and you feel as OK as can be ..... it is certainly not a ride oin the park, but is a big step towards recovery.
