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Zavie

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http://www2.caringbridge.org/europe/susandale/index.htm

Saturday, August 28, 2004 2:57 PM CDT 

Hello everyone
Two relatively short visits to the hospital mainly to keep an eye on this
virus (it seems like it often comes back to bother the transplanted one and
the meds should keep it under control) and to check on the gvh rash which
seems to have become quite inactive and so my cortizone is put down a bit.
Yeah. My face is still very puffy but not so red and I'm learning to cook
and eat salt free. 
Very good news officially though. The cytogenetic results of the marrow draw
from one month ago shows no detectable phillies in my marrow. My first clean
marrow since diagnosis. Officially. Of course by pcr it is still detectable
but this is progress. And who know what last week's draw has to show? And
the chimerism results too. We wait.
Yesterday was a busy day with me leaving the house twice (that means getting
up my 3 flights of stairs twice in a day, no small effort for me) and now I
have a small blood pressure cuff that I can use to monitor my own bp. At the
hospital, they not only have difficulty finding veins, they now have some
effort to get a clear bp reading. Hmmmmm. I still need a little help getting
around (usually just an arm to steady me) in the morning, but I'm getting a
little better in the afternoons, steadier and more accurate direction wise
on my feet. I get very tired very fast and need to know places I can sit
down at regular intervals and I still don't feel I could hit the street
unaccompanied yet. But that will come. And dear friends like Pete and
Georgia are helping me to get out and do things.
A quite day resting after yesterday's busy one and also dealing with aches
and pains that don't have too much to do directly with the transplant
including a wisdom tooth that has decided to manifest it's existance as it
does every 6 months or so. Just when you think you're gonna get a little
rest. My next appointment is on Tuesday. They've let me off a IV bottle
twice now in an effort to 'save my veins' which I much appreciate. Will I be
so lucky again?
my love to all of you
Susan


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