Day 36

Sorry about the lack of updates, it's been a bit of a roller coaster since around Christmas. I got discharged from the hospital Dec. 21, thank goodness, but I still go up there twice a week to get checked out, get blood taken, get fluids, etc. The transplant has gone very well, and they tell me that I'm ahead of schedule, which is great! I went through some severe fatigue over Christmas which sucked, then found out it was some anti nausea pills I was taking! Stupid pills! I haven't had any real food in a few weeks now, just Jell-O, liquid meal replacements, and oatmeal, with the occasional small amount of real food thrown in. And by small, I mean teaspoon size. Last real food I had was last Wednesday which was 8 teaspoons of mushroom soup, and I won't gross you out with telling you what happened next! Let's just say I won't be eating mushroom soup for awhile.

My blood counts last week were on the bottom side of normal, whoo hoo! So of course, the nurses and doctor popped that bubble by telling me they would drop this week. And  darn their hides, they did! I'm getting a bit more active, but I've lost a lot of muscle mass and am now down to 152 lbs soaking wet. And still bald as a pool ball! I'm hoping and fairly confident that my taste, stomach, and hair growth will all start turning around in the next 10 days or so. My plan right now is to try and get back to the office at least 1 day a week in the next 3 weeks. I am still working from home remotely, and boy, did that ever help while I was in the hospital. During my 3 week hospital stay, I was in isolation the whole time! Idiots kept going onto the unit with H1N1 and getting people sick! Ah well, I'm outta there now, and in much better spirits at home, even with the snow!