day 7 and 8

Hi Folks,
Wow, tomorrow is the big day. And what a couple of days the last 2 have been. So last night, Monday afternoon, my body did something I hadn't approved. It had a reaction to the atg chemo. Wich meant some interesting shivers which then turn into a nice high temperature. I peaked at 39.9, a new record for me. So I did my usual response, body too hot, drink lots of cold water, and take (almost) all my clothes off. I created a bit of stir I did. But if anybody knocked and I heard them, I did warn them, semi naked guy sweating like hell. So between nausea, shivers, and then high fever, oh, I forgot I now have a bit of irregular hear beat to. And to add to the humility, I had to ask the nurse about bladder control. People, I may joke about cancer, but it is a piece of crap that needs to be taken care of. I'm going to start a new page outlining the high cost for us, with a bit of humility put in. And buy that, I am talking about the difficulty in coming to terms with this, paying for things a lot of people can't afford, The difficulty of having to accept help. Having to realize that you may be losing control of some your body. (my personal favorite portion of the adventure so far, kidding so much, my head hurts). 8-)

Okay, enough ranting for the moment. Today, Tuesday, day before the transplant, almost same frigging thing as yesterday. Except earlier…..As I type this, the shivers are done, into the fever portion now, down from 38.4 to 38.2. woo hoo! I take my pluses when I gets 'em.

I will update the blog tomorrow and the next day, but will not be sending out any emails for a couple of days, unless someone has any questions. Yes, you in the back? Is there any way we can help John?

1: Lots and lots of prayers and positive energy for the next couple of days, if not week. It does not matter if it is prayer, good thoughts, mantras, good wishes. It all helps and I greatly appreciate all of them.
2: Please do not send flowers, candy (okay maybe a little fudge, no nuts please), not even silk flowers…. 8-(
3: Food, near and dear to my heart. I had an interesting discussion with one of the nurses. Someone may be able to bring in a small deep dish pizza, but we need to organize this, I don't need 20 small deep dish pizzas showing up at once! Well okay, if I wasn't semi quarantined and in the hospital, yes, yes I would, but over the next couple of weeks, let’s organize.
4: I luv cards! Personalize them please, and make them colourful, bright, happy, please and thank you.

Please don’t feel that you have to do any of the above, except #1, that's mandatory for all of you. 8-)
If you want to do any of the above, that makes it special to me, that's awesome it's all greatly appreciate, especially the awesome support I receive from all of you!
If you are thinking of other items, being the brains that you all are, could you please coordinate with Barb T? thanks!


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