Tag: primary plasma cell leukemia
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Happy stem cell birthday to me!
My immune system is six years old today! 💕🎂🎉 I wrote thank you notes to my doctors. I wrote the following in 2018: I experienced leg pain and weakness for a couple of months before a blood test sent me to the emergency room. Dr. P. diagnosed me in October, 2015, with primary plasma cell…
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The Diagnosis
Dr. B. encouraged me to write about my experience with PPCL. People need hope, he said. The research is scary, but the future is open. I think the phrase is “beating the odds,” although I never bet on an outcome. I think the most significant thing I did was try to be present with everything…
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Primary Plasma Cell Leukemia
I want to provide an information hub for patients diagnosed with primary plasma cell leukemia. I was diagnosed with this rare form of cancer in October, 2015. Long story short, I had an allogeneic stem cell transplant at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in March, 2016, and lots of side effects and medical adventures. Two…
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Gifts
Good news is always the best kind of gift. This time last year, right before Christmas, Jessica, the Stem Cell Transplant coordinator, called me to say they had found a stem cell donor for me. The donor was a 100%, perfect match. Jessica sounded almost giddy with excitement. I learned later that the team had…
A Few Thoughts 