afternoon, so I am new to the community and thought it was time to say hello, I was diagnosed with polar cell cancer just over a year a go and a couple of weeks have passed since my bone marrow transplant which was 5 weeks at kings hospital which was a challenge , the staff there were all amazing and supportive so really appreciated their time, I am back in the world slowley recovering, each day brings its own challenges but I do feel incrementally things are improving, today I dug out drum kit and set up, had a blast, its been a while but felt good a small victory, I am starting work on what I am going to refer as a creative blog a site where people with cancer go and explore different strategies for dealing with their condition, this is something that I thought would be helpful and curious to know if people think its a good and may have ideas/strategies/systems to make dealing with cancer more manageable its early days but I quite keen to give something back for all the care and attention have recived
thanks
Hi Padmalaya and a very warm welcome to the Macmillan Community but so sorry to hear about your journey.
I know the journey rather well having had 2 Allograft (donor) Stem Cell Transplants (Bone Marrow Transplants) in June 2014 then in Oct 2015 for my two types of Non Hodgkin’s Lymphomas….. the first was diagnosed in 1999 when I was 43 then the second appeared in 2013.
Stem Cell Transplant is a challenging journey……. but I would be very impressed if you were playing your drums at 5 weeks post SCT….. it took 2 years for my hands to clear of Peripheral Neuropathy to allow me to even hold my guitar let alone play it…… how long are you post SCT.
I have been volunteering on the community for a good number of years and I have to admit to not hearing anything about polar cell cancer…… do tell me more about this type of cancer.
