I'm sorry for being so distant but I have not been feeling well at all. I finished radiation to my brain, but they stopped the spinal tap treatments because they found the leukemia in my bone marrow again, which they need to treat immediately. I have been on such a high dose of steroids for the radiation that I can barely walk. I have a hard time moving anything from my abdomen down. It's so exhausting I can barely talk.
So I talked them into letting me out Friday afternoon for a very short weekend. We are returning on Monday to begin intense chemotherapy like I had last year. I'll probably be in for a month or so. The idea is to get me into remission again so I can have a stem cell transplant (which is the same as a bone marrow transplant) as soon as we find a match. They have started a search in the general database and my first cousins have been tested (but I won't know for another 2 weeks if they are a match).
I appreciate all the phone calls and emails and will let you know when I am up for visitors. I'm still not sure what to expect, but trying to keep my sense of humor =)
Lindsey
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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