I loved these shares to start my morning. Day 175 and Thursday I have my 6-month BMB.
caregiverx2- I hope each day after 38 gets better and better. I know i was living at my caregivers and taking on my pills praying daily. It is all unknown. We cannot predict our body's reaction. Lori's analogy of two cats making piece is such a good example. My bully cat who is my only cat, chased my precious hazel every time she got up out of a bed or off her perches. He was there ready to pounce. 9 years. My blood cells were only mine for 63 years. Now we introduced a 26-year-old fellow. Praying my 63-year-old girls let the 26th year old dig in and take it over.
I have the funky purple bruises that are unsightly, but not dangerous at this time. My blood clot from my surgery 2 years ago is not completely gone. A day at a time recovery comes. I love what Lori said about a transplant being a 2nd chance.
I walked my sister through her finally getting the clearance to donate platelets at her cancer center in western NY. Her 2 brothers and I have all been regular doors. Me until June of 2021. Cancer derailed me then. I know she tries to live healthy with not a lot of fried food and those sorts of things. I did not get her to eat more spinach or kale, but she ate cream of wheat, broccoli and took an iron pill two days in a row. I suggested she not take too many iron pills as too much iron can be trouble. They no longer use two needles, so she got the process in one arm. I hope the testing of 3 days proves her product to be good. She can then essentially pick up where i left off.
Looking at life with a new set of glasses after a BMT!