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February 6, 2022 (Day +5)

by Chelsey Brooks
2/7/2022

Yesterday was the last day of chemo. Now it's time to rest as much as possible and focus on recovery. Last night's blood counts: White blood cells: 0.3 Hemoglobin: 9.6 Platelets: 43... [READ MORE]

I've been resting since transplant day. The fatigue, nausea, and loss of appetite come and go. Keeping my hemoglobin above 8 seems to help, so the doctors agreed today to change my parameters so that I get blood when my hemoglobin is 8 or lower instead of 7. Tomorrow and Saturday... [READ MORE]

February 1, 2022 (Day 0!)

by Chelsey Brooks
2/1/2022

Transplant day has come! Everything went smoothly, just experienced some mild nausea and a little weird taste during the Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (HCT) infusion. There were 3 little bags of donor HCT in total and the process was pretty quick. I napped for a while after it was all done and... [READ MORE]

January 31, 2022 (Day -1)

by Chelsey Brooks
1/31/2022

After two days of having no appetite and not being able to keep anything down, I'm finally starting to have a small appetite again and so far kept down a couple small things of dry cereal (knock on wood). Yesterday was the last day of the initial chemo treatment before... [READ MORE]

January 29, 2022 (Day -3)

by Chelsey Brooks
1/29/2022

The side effects from the chemo are starting to set in. I haven't had an appetite today and when I tried to eat lunch, I ended up vomitting. I managed to eat some saltine crackers since then. Other than that, I just feel tired today. Last night's blood counts: White blood cells:... [READ MORE]

January 27, 2022 (Day -5)

by Chelsey Brooks
1/28/2022

Today was the first day of chemo; started my day with that at 7:30 after not sleeping too well last night. My trifusion site isn't hurting much anymore and I'm feeling more settled in, so hopefully I will sleep better tonight. Overall, today was pretty uneventful. I managed to take... [READ MORE]

January 26, 2022 (Day -6)

by Chelsey Brooks
1/27/2022

I was admitted to the hospital today and am getting settled in. My trifusion site is still a little sore, but definitely getting better. Current blood counts: White blood cells: 3.2 Hemoglobin: 7.3 Platelets: 20 My hemoglobin being so low is no fun. The fatigue is very bad, but they will give me blood when... [READ MORE]

Trifusion insertion

by Chelsey Brooks
1/26/2022

This morning I had my trifusion line inserted and my PICC line removed. I had the PICC line for 5 months. I was told to arrive at 8:30 so I could be on the table at 9:30. No food after midnight and nothing to drink after 7am. The appointment to have... [READ MORE]

Goodbye hair!

by Chelsey Brooks
1/22/2022

Today I went ahead and had my head shaved in preparation for starting chemo this week.... [READ MORE]

Treatment and Recovery Journal

by Chelsey Brooks
1/21/2022

First off, I want to thank everyone that has been supportive as I've gone through a long process of being diagnosed. So thank you to the friends, family, and co-workers that have helped me make it this far. I appreciate the continued support. I will use this journal to have one... [READ MORE]

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