So my Doc says that barring anything crazy happening - I'm going home tomorrow! He wants to take me off antibiotics today and make sure my blood counts are OK tomorrow. I probably won't get out of here until after 5pm - it always takes a while - but I'll take it!
I'll have to come in Tuesday for a check up and as soon as my platelets are up high enough I'll be scheduled for an OMAYA implant, which is like the port in my chest but it will be on the top of my head. Gross - I know, but my hair will grow over it and it should be small enough where you won't see it (which is good since they don't take it out...ever). Once the port heals, I'll be getting chemo to the brain to treat the leukemia in the spinal fluid. They do it to the brain because that's where the spinal fluid is made. My Doc said the chemo will be done as an outpatient - but I'm not sure how often. Anyway, point is - I'M GOIN' HOME!
About Me
- Lindsey B.
- I was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia, a blood cancer, April 20, 2005. I finished my treatments a year later and relapsed within a month or so. This time the leukemia cells were in my spinal fluid (June 06) and were treated with spinal taps of chemo. Shortly after, we had to stop the spinal taps because the leukemia was back in my bone marrow. The doctors wanted to get me back into remission so I can have a stem cell transplant. The doctors had to find a donor match for me in order to have healthy bone marrow and beat leukemia.
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