Tag: Stem Cell Transplant

  • 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…

  • The hospital and real life

    The experience in a hospital is real life. It’s life, obviously.  And, it’s not real life, although it may feel like it. I was in the hospital sometimes for stretches of two or three weeks. A couple of times, I was told in advance that I’d be there for about a month. I prepared for…