Category: Health

Transplant +97: Nervous times

Posted on 18 December 201831 October 2021 by Tim

In January, when I knew that chemotherapy for my lymphoma was certain, I wrote the beast is awake. Tomorrow I meet with my consultant to review the results from my

Transplant +68: York

Posted on 19 November 201827 October 2021 by Tim

As part of my recovery from the SCT I’ve just returned from a long weekend in York. Other than a few day trips and a weekend there when my children

Is scientific knowledge about cancer controversial?

Posted on 13 November 201831 October 2021 by Tim

Today the British Psychological Society’s research digest has highlighted Lobato & Zimmerman‘s recently published research on how people reason about controversial (*) scientific topics. Their research asked participants to justify

Transplant +56: The check up

Posted on 7 November 201831 October 2021 by Tim

Today I had my first check up back at Derby after my stem cell transplant. My blood test results were reasonable, if a little on the low side. (Haemoglobin 125

Transplant +45: Gentle exercise

Posted on 27 October 201831 October 2021 by Tim

Since I last wrote on T+30 I’ve continued to make progress. I’m still tired much of the time and if sleeping was an Olympic sport I’d be a certainty for

Transplant +30: Slow going

Posted on 12 October 201831 October 2021 by Tim

Before my stem cell transplant, I was told that recovery would take around 3-6 months. If I’m honest, I chose not to believe it as I recovered from most of

Transplant +18: Delete blood cancer

Posted on 30 September 201827 October 2021 by Tim

Today is the last day of blood cancer awareness month 2018. DKMS is a charity which maintains a register of potential blood stem cell donors to help fight blood cancer.

Transplant +15: Line out

Posted on 27 September 201831 October 2021 by Tim

I returned to the hospital this morning for a blood test, with a view to them removing my Hickman line. The results were encouraging (Haemoglobin 99, Platelets 33, Neutrophils 0.5),

Transplant +12: Home

Posted on 24 September 201831 October 2021 by Tim

I’m home. In the end they decided not to remove my Hickman line as my platelet count is still marginal. I’ll be back for an outpatient appointment on Thursday. My

Transplant +11: Home time?

Posted on 23 September 201827 October 2021 by Tim

Yesterday’s blood test results were hugely encouraging. Haemoglobin was up to 110, platelets 35 and … I Haz Neutrophils! 0.8, to be precise. The threshold for discharge is platelets above 30

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