Saturday and Sunday I went to the hospital each morning to get my Neupogen (corrected spelling) shot to stir up the stem cells in my system. Patty and Amanda met Cara on Saturday at the bridal fair and then on Sunday we took Amanda to the airport so she could fly back to Vegas. We took a ride out to the south end of the valley after we dropped her off. The visibility was pretty lousy because of the fog and haze that covered the valley since we made it up here. I had some minor side effects from the Neupogen on Saturday and then even less on Sunday - a little bone pain in my lower back, but not bad, I felt pretty good. On the weekends and after hours I go to the nurse's station and they take me through a back door into the BMT clinic where they give me the shots, the Neupogen is actually in two different shots, one in each arm.
Now comes Monday, it was kind of a Military day - hurry up and a lot of waiting to get things done. I got the Neupogen this morning around 8:00 am but had to get some labs done and wait for the white cell count to make sure it is in range. It was, so they gave me the shot, then I came back and picked up Patty and went back to the hospital to check in with Radiology to get my Central line or port placed today. So we checked in and sat there for about a half hour, then they came and got us and took us to the preparation/recovery room where they took vitals and got me ready to go. They must have been backed up because we waited to go in for the procedure for quite a while. As I understand it, they do the placement using a x-ray or sona-gram method that lets them see where and how the tubes are going in to make sure they don't get too close to the heart or they don't rip through the veins. I think I have actually 3 lines in me since that is how many connections are on my chest. I think I went through it pretty good, but feel like I've been beat up a little bit today. After I got out of the procedure, we had to stay in recovery for about an hour, then Patty brought me back to the condo.
At six o'clock pm we had to go back to the hospital to get the first of my Mozobil shots, I think it's another drug that helps stir up the the stem cells. Hope it works, we'll start to find out tomorrow as tomorrow morning after I get the Neupogen, I start the Apheresis process where they hook me up to the machine that takes my blood out, spins it around, keeps the stem cells and puts everything back into me, that's why I had to have more than one line put in the Central Line. Each day they will test the blood to see how many stem cells I donated and then make a determination if I need to have the Mozobil.
We'll let you know later in the week how I weathering the treatments, I hope they go well.
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