In the photo above is one bag of my stem cells. I thought you might want to see what they look like. I don't think you can see it in the photo, but the stem cells look kind of grainy in appearance. It took us over three and a half months being down here in 2013 to get these 10 bags.
I failed to post last night what yesterday's platelet count was. It was 48 yesterday, and was 42 today. So that means it's probably started back down due to the chemo I have received. I will not receive any platelets now until it gets down to 10. That is unless I have unexpected bleeding.
I received my first stem cells back today. As you remember, they were collected in early 2013 and kept frozen in liquid nitrogen since then. There is a total of 10 bags of stem cells. I received four of them today. I will receive three of them tomorrow and the other three on Monday. The APN that is assigned to me while I'm getting the stem cells told me today that in the next 3 to 4 days I will start feeling really bad. That will continue until I have recovered. Some people have reactions when they get their stem cells back due to the preservatives that are used with the stem cells. I felt fine all during the time I was getting the stem cells back. It took a couple of hours, and then I had to wait two hours after I got them to make sure I wasn't getting some kind of a reaction. It was interesting, a lady from the place where the stem cells are stored brought one bag at a time and after it was infused, she would bring another bag.
My white count today was 3.74 but it will soon start to go down because of the chemo. They forecast it to get near zero. At that point I won't be able to be around any people except medical people at the infusion area where I go and Reta. They tell me this condition, since I am a slow recovery person, could last a couple of weeks or more.
Thank you all for the nice comments and other communications to us. They are very much appreciated. It lets us know you're going through this with us and that means a lot. Thank you!