Hello, well thats the stem cell transplant over, and to be honest its a bit of a strange feeling!! My part went exceptionally well, my sister needed 5,000,000 stem cells and after my not so painful GSCF injections (the injections were not painful, the bone aching and all that went along with it however was!! Although i felt better to be going through a little bit of pain on her behalf!) i was able to provide 18,000,000!! To much for them to store, so they had to cut my time on the machine short! They said they had never seen anything like it, so i was very pleased!! Yvonne received the transplant the next day, and it was a very emotional process, even though it was only a bag of blood and it was over in an hour, it felt like the end of the nightmare, and the beginning of a new chapter!! I dont think we will have an idea of how well it has gone until the 3 month mark has passed, and the cells start to do their job. Just now is just a waiting game. She is still in hospital, and is having a horrible time of it, but we are told this is good, and they are pleased with her progress. Not that that cheers her up any, she had more wires coming out of her than i have ever seen the other day, looks worrying, but we have to trust that this is just part of the recovery process, and keep our spirits up!!! Anyway, sorry for rambling on, i'll keep you all updated with her progress. I hope you are all well. Much love, Lynnxxx
