Saturday, January 27, 2007

FEELING BETTER

WELL HERE I AM ON DAY 29 AND I CAN ACTUALLY SAY I FEEL BETTER --OF COURSE I AM STILL TAKING MY DAILY ANZEMET PILL FOR NAUSEA AND I AM STILL SOMEWHAT WEAK BUT I AM BETTER!!! I WENT TO THE GROCERY STORE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A MONTH TODAY. I AM EATING PRETTY WELL AND FEELING LIKE I AM JUST GONNA GET BETTER AND BETTER. I SAW MY REGULAR ONCOLOGIST YESTERDAY AND HE SEEMS PLEASED ON HOW I AM DOING MY BLOOD COUNTS ARE A BIT DOWN BUT HE SAYS THEY WILL FLUCTUATE FOR A WHILE. HE ASKED IF I WANTED PROCRIT BUT I DECLINED FOR NOW I WANT TO SEE IF I CAN GET BETTER ON MY OWN HOWEVER HES SAYS THEY ARE THERE FOR ME IF I NEED THEM. Monday WILL BE A FULL MONTH SINCE I HAD MY TRANSPLANT. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT TANDEM TRANSPLANT RIGHT NOW. I JUST WANT TO GET BETTER AND BETTER AND THEN MAYBE BUT I AM THINKING NOT MAYBE SOME MAINTENANCE PILLS LIKE REVLIMID. MY DOC SAYS WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT AT 100 DAYS AND AFTER ANOTHER BONE MARROW BIOPSY. BUT FOR NOW FOLKS I THINK I AM GETTING BETTER.

5 comments:

Don said...

So I have a happy thought for you. At a support group meeting yesterday, a man who has had TWO transplants said that he had GAINED weight after each one. The problem, he said, was that he regained his appetite before he regained his energy, so he ate but didn't exercise.

Let's hope you get to that point first, then deal with the possible weight gain!

You're doing great. Keep it up!

Blanche said...

Hi Susan,

Amazing how the little things in life are so treasured once we can do them again. Being happy to get to the grocery store is neat! Keep on getting better! We're all praying for you.
Love,
Aunt Blanche

Beth said...

Good work, Susan! Keep it up. Before you know it, you'll be strong again. :)

henk said...

Hi Susan

Good to hear you a doing well. It makes such a difference to pick up on our routines etc.

I'm OK too been home 4 days now and so far so good.

Kind Regards

crissy said...

I new to this blog. My husband will be undergoing SCT soon. I have printed out your journey for him to read. He waits for me to come home (our pc at home is shot) to bring him the latest. So glad to hear you feel better.